Along the Way
Twin sisters Zahra and Fatima make a second perilous attempt to reach Europe. A moving and urgent feature by Mijke de Jong.
80'
Netherlands
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Anatomy of Time begins with the ending: the death of Maem’s beloved spouse, a merciless former Thai army officer who fell from grace late in his career. Alternating between past and present, filmmaker Jakrawal Nilthamrong’s second feature film – his first, Vanishing Point, won him the Tiger Award in 2015 – tells the story of Maem, the daughter of a rural clockmaker. We see her as a young woman yet to discover herself in the 1960s, and in her present role as her dying husband’s loyal caretaker – a man now hated by the Thai people.
The film is part historical document of a turbulent time in Thailand, suffering, as it was, under military dictatorship, terrorism from Communist guerillas, and violent confrontations between the various parties. With minimal dialogue or explicit explanation, but with an eye for both tranquil details and the spectacular, omnipresent nature, Nilthamrong meanders through past and present, facts and fiction.
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Programme IFFR 2022
Echoing Rotterdam’s port city identity, Harbour offers a safe haven to the full range of contemporary cinema that the festival champions.
Read more about this programmeTwin sisters Zahra and Fatima make a second perilous attempt to reach Europe. A moving and urgent feature by Mijke de Jong.
80'
Netherlands
IFFR 2022
Maem falls in love with an army officer during the military dictatorship in 1960s Thailand. By the 2015 Tiger Award winner.
118'
Thailand
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A bank employee and troubled soldier fight a debilitating drug in Japan. Innovative sci-fi, thanks to '90s computer animations.
75'
Japan
IFFR 2022