A Useful Ghost
aka Pee chai dai ka
First screened in October 2025
Director: Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke. Cast: Wisarut Homhuan, Wanlop Rungkumjad, Wisarut Himmarat, Davika Hoorne, Apasiri Nitibhon. Screenplay: Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke with Geoffroy Grison.
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In Brief:
Unabashedly surrealist satire about toil and grief under capitalism gaily expands into broader indictment of power.
VOR:
④
Thematic structure and intention get bolder as this too-long film continues. Compression might amplify its value but diminish its uniqueness.
Grade: B+