New Wave Films is pleased to announce the release onto DVD and Blu-ray of Cemetery of Splendour, directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. In this haunting film soldiers with a mysterious sleeping sickness are transferred to a temporary clinic in a former school. The memory-filled space becomes a revelatory world for housewife and volunteer Jenjira, as she watches over Itt, a handsome soldier with no family visitors. Magic, healing, romance and dreams are all part of Jen’s tender path to a deeper awareness of herself and the world around her.
Cemetery of Splendour is Weerasethakul's latest film, after the Palme d'Or winner Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives.
The winners are:
Christopher Magson, Middlesbrough
Roxie Wood, Horley