The recipient of the prized Palme d'Or at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, director
Apichatpong Weerasethakul's
hypnotic drama tells the haunting story of a Thai man suffering from
kidney failure who retreats to the countryside to die in the company of
his loved ones. As Uncle Boonmee nears the end of his life, the spirit
of his late wife returns to guide him into the unknown, and his
estranged son reappears in the form of a jungle spirit. Later, the
ailing man leads his family on a journey to a hilltop cave where he
first came into this world.
