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A Scottish orchid farmer visiting her ill sister in Bogotá, Colombia, befriends a young musician and a French archaeologist in charge of monitoring a century-long construction project to tunnel through the Andes mountain range. Each night, she is bothered by increasingly loud bangs which prevent her from getting any sleep.
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Credits
director
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
costume designer
Catherine Rodríguez
producer
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Charles de Meaux
Diana Bustamante
Keith Griffiths
Simon Field
production company
185 Films
Anna Sanders Films
ARTE
Beijing Contemporary Art Foundation
Bord Cadre Films
Burning Blue
CNC
DFI
Eficine
Field of Vision
Hubert Bals Fund
Illuminations Films
Kick the Machine
Labo
L'Aide aux Cinémas du Monde
Louverture Films
Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg
Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Développement International
Neon
Piano
Proimagenes Colombia
Purin Foundation
Rediance
Schortcut Films
Sovereign Films
The Match Factory
Xstream Pictures
ZDF
ZDF/Arte
production design
Angélica Perea
writer
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Duration
02:16:00