Tropical Malady is a lyrical and mysterious film by maverick Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives), one of the most prominent young directors of the Thai New Wave.
Tropical Malady chronicles the mystical love affair between a young soldier and the country boy he seduces, soon to be disrupted by the boy’s sudden disappearance. Local legends claim the boy was transformed into a mythic wild beast, and the soldier journeys alone into the heart of the Thai jungle in search of him.
