A Useful Ghost

"Imagine a ghost trapped inside a vacuum cleaner. Now imagine a man having a romantic relationship with that vacuum. Sounds like an absurd comedy, right? Well, Cannes Critics' Week Grand Prize winner A Useful Ghost is here to surprise you . What if ghosts can only exist as long as their loved ones remember them? What if a government tries to build a new memory by making people forget the dark events of its past? The film glides seamlessly from scenes where a refrigerator and vacuum cleaner brawl to the depths of Thailand's bloody political history . Director Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke's visual style—which he describes as 'elegantly perverted and perversely elegant'—elevates this absurd story into a political manifesto . Trust me, you won't experience anything else like it this year."