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SYNDROMES AND A CENTURY is a film in two parts which sometimes echo each other. The two central characters are inspired by the film-maker's parents, in the years before they became lovers. The first part focuses on a woman doctor, and is set in a space reminiscent of the world in which the film-maker was born and raised. The .. Read more

Starring	Arkanae Cherkam, Jaruchai Iamaram, Sakda Kaewbuadee, Nu Nimsomboon
Director	Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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- SYNDROMES AND A CENTURY, like its curious title, has the logic of a dream....[The film] welcomes you into a world of simplicity and strangeness
- 179152
- - New York Times
  - 26 Mar 2011 at 01:32
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  Baffling, elliptical, meditative, cinematic
  
  As with Apichatpong Weerasethakul's previous features, 'Blissfully yours' and 'Tropical malady' (both highly recommended, by the way), he ... read more »
  
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  - 08 Nov 2008 at 11:03
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  - 4
  Great singing by the dentist
  
  Goodness me, this went on to no effect at all. Sorry, but none of this did it for me. What can I say? Perhaps I should add that in our Film Society it scored ... read more »
  
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  - Chester
  - 22 Oct 2010 at 00:23
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  'Syndromes and a Century' is another proof of Weerasethakul's importance in contemporary cinema. Arguably his most mature film yet, it is an open ... read more »
  
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  - 09 Aug 2009 at 14:18
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  I didn't like it
  
  I managed to sit through half an hour of this truly dreadful movie, during which time the only coherent dialogue was 'crispy pork', and the only ... read more »
  
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  - Milton Keynes
  - 19 Jan 2009 at 09:19
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  Beautiful
  
  This took me by surprise. I realised I'd seen his previous film 'Tropical Malady' (also beautiful) and can now see the connection. His style has a ... read more »
  
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  - 18 Nov 2008 at 02:37
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  Baffling, elliptical, meditative, cinematic
  
  As with Apichatpong Weerasethakul's previous features, 'Blissfully yours' and 'Tropical malady' (both highly recommended, by the way), he ... read more »
  
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  - 08 Nov 2008 at 11:03
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  Baffling, elliptical, meditative, cinematic
  
  As with Apichatpong Weerasethakul's previous features, 'Blissfully yours' and 'Tropical malady' (both highly recommended, by the way), he ... read more »
  
  Report this review
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  - Savage
  - 632 reviews
  - London, England
  - 08 Nov 2008 at 11:03
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  Beautiful
  
  This took me by surprise. I realised I'd seen his previous film 'Tropical Malady' (also beautiful) and can now see the connection. His style has a ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 660448
- - a customer
  - London
  - 18 Nov 2008 at 02:37
- - 3
  - 0
  Audio-visual experience
  
  'Syndromes and a Century' is another proof of Weerasethakul's importance in contemporary cinema. Arguably his most mature film yet, it is an open ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 795593
- - a customer
  - Hove
  - 09 Aug 2009 at 14:18
- - 1
  - 4
  Great singing by the dentist
  
  Goodness me, this went on to no effect at all. Sorry, but none of this did it for me. What can I say? Perhaps I should add that in our Film Society it scored ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 933564
- - RachC
  - 22 reviews
  - Chester
  - 22 Oct 2010 at 00:23
- - 1
  - 8
  I didn't like it
  
  I managed to sit through half an hour of this truly dreadful movie, during which time the only coherent dialogue was 'crispy pork', and the only ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 690689
- - Finbarr
  - 15 reviews
  - Milton Keynes
  - 19 Jan 2009 at 09:19

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- SYNDROMES AND A CENTURY, like its curious title, has the logic of a dream....[The film] welcomes you into a world of simplicity and strangeness
- 179152
- - New York Times
  - 26 Mar 2011 at 01:32
- âDonât tempt me with natureâ, young Dr Nohng (Jaruchai Iamaram) tells his girlfriend when she suggests moving out... read more on Time Out
- 50243
- - Ben Walters
  - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:20
- This surreal tale of tangled human relationships should be seen by as many people as possible
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- - The Guardian
  - 28 Mar 2012 at 03:34

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  SYNDROMES AND A CENTURY is a film in two parts which sometimes echo each other. The two central characters are inspired by the film-maker's parents, in the years before they became lovers. The first part focuses on a woman doctor, and is set in a space reminiscent of the world in which the film-...