Ghost of Asia

Video for Installation or Gallery projection
by Christelle Lheureux and Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Format: Digital Video, Color
Length: 8:30 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Language: Thai
Sound: Dolby
Year: 2005
The Project Made Possible by
Cité Siam, Alliance Française, Bangkok, Thailand, French Embassy of Thailand/ Ministry of Culture, Thailand – Part of The Tsunami Project.


Ghost of Asia is a celebration of living and of pleasures. The filmmakers imagine a ghost who still lives and wanders around the seashores. At a Thai island, they invited kids – two boys and a girl, to make a movie. The kids are provided with an actor whose function is like a puppet, like a ghost, to perform tasks dictated by them. The film is structured according to the kids’ real-time direction pattern. The actor became their simulated life, their projection of possible things one can do.


Concept, Camera, Editors: Christelle Lheureux and Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Script, Direction: Jantrakansorn Sukkrajang, Sakda Poka, Nantawat Poonpeum
Assistant I: Sompot Chidgasornpongse
Assistant II: Suchada Sirithanawuddhi
Cast: Sakda Kaewbuadee
Guitar Man: Decha Woongon
Sound Mixer: Akritchalerm Kalayanamitr
Music: Gandhi Anantagant
Post-Production Supervisor: Lee Chatametikool, Houdini Studio


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