{"id":133442,"date":"2024-07-09T13:21:28","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T11:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/programm\/termin\/other-en\/the-undertaker-133442\/"},"modified":"2024-08-15T11:18:48","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T09:18:48","slug":"the-undertaker","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/programm\/termin\/film-video-en\/the-undertaker-133442\/","title":{"rendered":"The Undertaker"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The wild mix of genres in this film about an undertaker in the province of Isaan \u2013 a lot of comedy, a little horror, a little “Sopranos” \u2013 surprisingly became an absolute audience favorite in Thailand. When his son is on vacation in his home village, his friend’s depressed girlfriend has just hanged herself and he now wants to apologize to her for his bad behaviour by astral traveling.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Joed is spending the time until his law exams with his father, who works as an undertaker in the province of Isaan. A young woman has hanged herself there and her ex-boyfriend wants to apologise for his bad behaviour by astral travelling before she is cremated. But he needs the help of the undertaker, who \u2013 like many in the village \u2013 is a real expert in the world between life and death. Contact is made traditionally, but also with the help of AI.<\/p>\n

The film is a discovery for anyone who wants to venture on a film trip to a Thailand far off the beaten track. The Undertaker<\/em> is a spin-off of Thibaan \u2013 The Series,<\/em> with which Thiti Srinuan became famous.<\/p>\n

Programme<\/h5>\n

8 pm
\n<\/strong>We and the afterlife – Film Talk with Parichat Pai, co-curator of ‘Box Office around the World’, Elisabeth Sch\u00f6nberger, Patrice Ladwig, anthropologist, Eric Wrede, mortician, Berlin. Moderation: Dorothee Wenner<\/p>\n

9 pm<\/strong>
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