Diseases and a Hundred Year Period(2008)
Diseases and a Hundred Year Period is a film-tract that comes to us from Thailand. It is directed by Sompot Chidgasornpongse, Weerasethakul's assistant on several of his films (including Syndromes and a Century), in reaction to the censorship of Syndromes and a Century in Thailand.
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Diseases and a Hundred Year Period is a film-tract that comes to us from Thailand. It is directed by Sompot Chidgasornpongse, Weerasethakul's assistant on several of his films (including Syndromes and a Century), in reaction to the censorship of Syndromes and a Century in Thailand.
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2008-08-15
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