A Useful Ghost

Dir. Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke
Fanomenon - FANORAMA
Sat 8 Nov - Sat 15 Nov
Sat 8 Nov
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Sat 15 Nov
  • Sat 8 Nov
    20:15
    Vue in the Light, Leeds
    Screen 7
    Past event
  • Tue 11 Nov
    15:45
    Vue in the Light, Leeds
    Screen 7
    Past event
  • Sat 15 Nov
    20:15
    Vue in the Light, Leeds
    Screen 7
    Past event

Visually striking, haunting and sharply funny, A Useful Ghost is a wildly inventive tale and unlike anything else you’ll see this year.

Director Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke plays with form and tone in a bold and genre-defying debut that won the top prize at Critics’ Week at this year's Cannes Film Festival. When Nat unexpectedly returns from the dead as a vacuum cleaner, she tries to reconnect with her husband, to the dismay of her in-laws. Beneath its surreal premise, the film explores Thai history, grief, and usefulness.

"A Useful Ghost is an absurd, queer, genre-bender that will leave you belly-laughing, teary-eyed, and utterly mesmerized." — Andrew Pankey, The Queer Review

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Contains scenes of nudity, violence, and death.

A Useful Ghost

Director Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke
Running time 130 mins
Production year 2025
Country Thailand, Singapore, Germany, France
Language Thai
Courtesy of Best Friend Forever
Premiere Status Northern Premiere

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