Malee and the Boy (1999)

Genre :

Runtime : 27M

Director : Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Synopsis

The subject is a 10 year-old boy who is in charge of the microphone. He roams to places around Bangkok to gather sounds for the video. The sound indicates the direction he headed during the filming and displays his point of interests. The filmmaker is in charge of the image, film roughly along at the boy’s locations. The narrative of the film, presented in texts, is taken from a Thai comic book available around the place of the filming. This faces and places documentation can be viewed as a one-afternoon diary of a day out in Bangkok.

Actors

Thanit Niyomprasit
Thanit Niyomprasit
Boy

Crews

Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Director
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Editor
Kamnul
Kamnul
Author
Sirithorn Teerakulchanyut
Sirithorn Teerakulchanyut
Camera Operator
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Camera Operator
Manita Niyomprasit
Manita Niyomprasit
Production Office Assistant
Atithaya Kongwichayakup
Atithaya Kongwichayakup
Sound Recordist