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Nantarat Sawaddikul | ... |
Dr. Toey
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Jaruchai Iamaram | ... |
Dr. Nohng
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Sophon Pukanok | ... |
Noom
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Jenjira Pongpas | ... |
Pa Jane
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Arkanae Cherkam | ... |
Ple
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Sakda
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Nu Nimsomboon | ... |
Toa
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Wanna Wattanajinda | ... |
Dr. Wan
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Sin Kaewpakpin | ... |
Old Monk
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Putthithorn Kammak | ... |
Off, a young patient
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Manasanant Porndispong | ... |
Dr. Nant, a haematologist
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Apirak Mitrpracha | ... |
Dr. Neng, Off's therapist
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Norathep Panyanavakij | ... |
Temple boy with old monk
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Nitipong Thinthupthai | ... |
Koh
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Rangsan Sutthimaneenun | ... |
Hospital director
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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.
Syndromes and a Century begins as a fascinating, engaging experience. It maintains that for about half an hour, but then something happens, and it descends into a dull unpleasantry. It never loses its brooding atmosphere, but it just becomes... indulgent, pedantic, bloated, and most of all, boring. The director becomes the audience, he takes long shots of trees and buildings so as to recreate the setting of his childhood, maybe for nostalgic purposes. But I, personally, wasn't raised in a hospital environment, so I, personally, didn't personally make a PERSONAL connection. I understood beforehand that there was a lack of narrative in the story, but I honestly didn't expect it to descend into such uninvolving emptiness.