The Trailer for "Sang sattawat" ("Syndromes and a Century")

Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul's film was officially denied distribution for, among other things, a scene that showed a Buddhist monk playing a guitar. The Independent's Denise Burrell-Stinson recently reported about the conflict between creativity and conformity that is bubbling up in Thai cinema. To read the article, click here.

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