Tropical Malady
| Tropical Malady | |
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The French film poster | |
| Directed by | Apichatpong Weerasethakul |
| Written by | Apichatpong Weerasethakul |
| Produced by | Charles de Meaux Axel Moebius Pantham Thongsang Christoph Thoke |
| Starring | Sakda Kaewbuadee Banlop Lomnoi Sirivech Jareonchon Udom Promma Huai Deesom |
| Cinematography | Jarin Pengpanitch Vichit Tanapanitch Jean-Louis Vialard |
| Edited by | Lee Chatametikool Jacopo Quadri (Editing Advisor) |
Production companies | Anna Sanders Films TIFA Downtown Pictures Thoke Moebius Film Company Kick the Machine Films RAI Cinema Fabrica Cinema |
| Distributed by | GMM Pictures (Thailand) Ad Vitam Distribution (France) Istituto Luce (Italy) |
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Running time | 125 minutes |
| Countries | Thailand France Germany Italy |
| Language | Thai |
Tropical Malady (สัตว์ประหลาด RTGS: Satpralat; lit. "monster") is a 2004 Thai romantic psychological drama art film written and directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. The film is divided into two segments – the first is a romance between two men, and the second a mysterious tale about a soldier lost in the woods, bedeviled by the spirit of a shaman.
Tropical Malady won the Jury Prize at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, and was the first Thai film to be in the main competition at Cannes. It is also the first Thai film to win a prize at one of the "Big Three" film festivals.
In 2022, Tropical Malady was ranked the 62nd greatest film of all time in the Sight & Sound directors' poll and 95th in their critics' poll. In 2016, it was ranked the 6th greatest LGBT film of all time in the British Film Institute poll. It is the 164th greatest film of all time as per the list-aggregation site They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?