Memoria

A woman working as a botanist in Bogotá feels unsettled by a sudden ‘Bang!’, that maddeningly, only she can ever hear. What might be the cause? What is different about her? As she searches hesitantly for clues in the city and then the countryside, Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s extraordinary cosmic mystery becomes deeper and more special, incorporating natural worlds, time and memory. A wondrous and unique collaboration with lead actor Tilda Swinton, and winner of Cannes Film Festival’s Jury Prize.

‘It became a story of this woman who is kind of drifting between places, and we don’t know much about her background, and I really don’t care about that. If you know my films, it’s more about the moment. So, she’s just drifting in Colombia with this sound in her head. Along the way she encounters individuals. In retrospect, I think the whole film is about healing, and it’s about finding yourself. Or just finding a connection to a place and its people, all of the different layers there — and how you have to go through the process of simulation, and internal transformation. I hope the movie translates as that.’

Director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, from an interview with Hollywood Reporter.