Mekhong Full Moon Party
2002·Thailand
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The film is a comedy about events and conflicts in a small town on the Mekhong River, where an apparently supernatural phenomenon appears every year in the eleventh lunar month. (Balls of light ascend from the river into the night sky; local legend holds that they're river dragon Naga's offerings to Buddha, and hordes gather to watch them.) Across a spectrum of believers, sceptics, scientists and conspirators, Jira constructs a panorama of community traditions and values in Isan, Thailand's large north-eastern province.
DirectorJira Maligool
ScreenwriterJira Maligool
CinematographySomboon Piriyapukdeekul
CastThidarat Chareonchaichana·Noppadol Duangporn·Boonchai Limathibul·Jonathan Morrill·Surasee Patham·Somlek Sakdikul·Anuchit Sapanpong·Bunsri Yindi
Original titleSibha kham doan sib ed (Mekhong Full Moon Party)