Harpur Cinema presents 'Manta Ray'

Harpur Cinema presents 'Manta Ray' (Phuttiphong Aroonpheng – Thailand – 2018).
Friday, October 11th & Sunday, October 13th in Lecture Hall 6 at 7:30pm.
Introduced by Tomonari Nishikawa on Friday.
Thai director Phuttiphong Aroonpheng's first feature-length film takes place in a coastal village of Thailand, and focuses on two men, a local fisherman and a stranger who cannot speak. The narrative develops with beautiful, pleasurably hypnotic and emotionally rewarding images, expressing ideas of displacement, identity, powerlessness, and responsibility. "Aroonpheng's style is certainly distinctive, but he shares the same gentleness as fellow Thai directors Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Jakrawal Nilthamrong: seeking their subjects through sorrow rather than anger" (Cinema Scope).
Won: Venice Film Festival, Best Film – Cairo International Film Festival, Best Director – Annonay International Festival of First Films, Grand Jury Prize
Preceded by 'Project 2 (SIGN)' (Nicholas Michalski - CINE 353: Digital Videomaking II - Fall 2017 – 4.5 min).
Admission is $4.00.

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