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Story about director Apichatpong Weerasethakul's parents who were both doctors, and director's memories about growing up in the hospital environment.
Leave your thoughts about Syndromes and a Century.
| Film ThreatDavid FinkelsteinThe moment-to-moment textures of Syndromes and a Century are so densely real in their minimalism that they make you suspend all interpretation and simply exist in the present. |
| Boston GlobeWesley MorrisHis fifth feature, Syndromes and a Century, might be [the director's] most purely intoxicating. |
| Observer (UK)Philip FrenchAs Ken Tynan said of Waiting for Godot, nothing happens, twice. |
| Not Coming to a Theater Near YouLeo GoldsmithApichatpong's patient, observant camera seems to be lying in wait for the moments in which these desires break through the surface, when the spiritual greets the mundane |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonWeerasethakul has become less and less dependent on narrative, relying instead on emotional impressions and rhythms (and even a few deadpan laughs). |
| Murphy's Movie ReviewsTed MurphyIf you allow the film to wash over you, it can be appreciated as an essay on the power of memory. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesBill StametsThe latest daydreamy film from this Thai auteur of languor is fragrant with tender love and sly humor. |
| AV ClubNoel MurrayThese moments, enjoyable and arcane, may not add up to a masterpiece. But they're uniquely Weerasethakul's. |
| SalonStephanie ZacharekAs human beings, we're geared to desire an actual plot in our movies, and I regret to inform you that nothing really happens in Syndromes and a Century -- and yet the experience of the movie is all about the NOT happening. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA delightfully relaxed and entertaining Thai movie about a country hospital and two doctors who work there. |