There has to be a particular reason if you like this kind of film. For me the reason is when I see such a film is it makes me to think, it raises more questions both cinematically and content-wise.
The title of the film gives it all. This is film about a man’ past lives. You don’t need to question if the concept of reincarnation is true or not. If you question, then you’ll lose the film. This happened to me as I put the question before me while the film started, but my fellow viewing mate had different ideas, he saw with a little open mind, without much expectations and for him it was a fairy-tale. For some who has better understanding of the ethnic culture, this film might give a different experience.
Boonmee is in his deathbed, to say exactly he has a kidney failure and he counting his days. He owns a farm and lives near a forest. His sister Jen visits him from the city. While they were having the dinner, suddenly the ghost of his deceased wife, Huay appears and so his son who had disappeared long time ago, but he has now changed into a sort of a creature with red eyes. The film goes on to recall his past lives although he doesn’t actually say it on the screen. Once he was a princess who does it with a catfish. In another life he was like the same creature, which his son is now.
This is not a conventional ghost or spooky film. This is slow. Sometimes challenging with its pace and content which I couldn’t comprehend much. I enjoyed the visuals, the minute sound details of the forest. Having seen films which were driven by dialogues and literal story-telling, this was a different and unique experience.
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