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Syndromes and a Century
Strand Releasing

Syndromes and a Century reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 71 Metascore out of 100
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8.0 out of 10
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MPAA RATING: Not Rated

Starring Arkanae Cherkam, Jaruchai Iamaram, Sakda Kaewbuadee, Nu Nimsomboon, Jenjira Pongpas, Sophon Pukanok, and Nantarat Sawaddikul

A film in two parts which sometimes echo each other. The two central characters are inspired by the filmmaker'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 filmmaker was born and raised. The second part focuses on a male doctor, and is set in a more contemporary space much like the world in which the filmmaker presently lives. Pearls of wisdom, descriptions of syndromes and fragments of time crystallize in luminous atmospheres and dot the modern architecture of the film, creating a charming, quiet incantation. (Strand Releasing)


GENRE(S): Drama  |  Foreign  
WRITTEN BY: Apichatpong Weerasethakul  
DIRECTED BY: Apichatpong Weerasethakul  
RELEASE DATE: Theatrical: April 18, 2007 
RUNNING TIME: 105 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: Thailand / France / Austria 
LANGUAGE(S): Thai (with English subtitles) 

Original title "Sang Sattawat"; Nominated, Golden Lion, 2006 Venice Film Festival

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83
The Onion (A.V. Club) Noel Murray
These moments, enjoyable and arcane, may not add up to a masterpiece. But they're uniquely Weerasethakul's.
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80
Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek
As human beings, we're geared to desire an actual plot in our movies, and I regret to inform you that nothing really happens in Syndromes and a Century -- and yet the experience of the movie is all about the NOT happening.
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75
New York Post V.A. Musetto
Strictly for art-house types, particularly those familiar with the director, who makes no concessions to mainstream audiences. You have to abandon any preconceived notions about movies and allow your mind to be seduced by the mystifying, occasionally humorous world of a one-of-a-kind filmmaker. You might even find yourself becoming a fan.
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70
The Hollywood Reporter John DeFore
An artful experiment that's imposingly cryptic but comes from a respected filmmaker, it should appeal to its art house niche.
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70
The New York Times A.O. Scott
Syndromes and a Century, like its curious title, has the logic of a dream, a piece of music or perhaps a John Ashbery poem. Its coherence is evident; it is too lovely and lucid to be frustrating or dull. But it takes place just on the other side of conscious apprehension.
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60
Variety Leslie Felperin
By the end, nothing much has happened, but all the same, picture casts a witchy kind of spell with its deep-breath pacing and undertow of unspecified malaise.
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60
Village Voice J. Hoberman
Syndromes and a Century, which was commissioned by the New Crowned Hope festival to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth, is a movie of long serene takes and gentle absurdities.
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