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A USEFUL GHOST


  • IFC Center 323 6th Avenue New York, NY, 10014 United States (map)

Organizer: IFC Center

Type/Location: In Person / New York, NY

Description:

Join IFC Center for film screenings of A Useful Ghost, directed by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke and starring Davika Hoorne, Witsarut Himmarat, and Apasiri Nitibhon. In this pitch-perfect and wildly inventive film, a recently-deceased woman returns as a ghost possessing a vacuum cleaner in order to clean the house and protect her family from other vengeful spirits.

About the Film:

In this pitch-perfect, wildly inventive debut, Nat (Davika Hoorne), a recently-dead woman is worried about her husband being allergic to dust. So she returns as a ghost possessing a vacuum cleaner in order to clean their house and protect her family from other vengeful spirits. To become a useful ghost, she needs to get rid of the useless ones.

“The most elegant human-vacuum romance you’ll ever watch.” – IndieWire

Critics’ Week Grand Prize, Cannes Film Festival

  • Country Thailand

  • Language Thai with English subtitles

  • Running Time 130 minutes

  • Format DCP

  • Distributor Cineverse

  • Director Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke

  • Cast Davika Hoorne, Witsarut Himmarat, Apasiri Nitibhon

  • Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil, Closed Captioning

Registration:

To attend the event in person, please purchase tickets here.

 
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