Simple rules: a co-production involving production and management talents, not to mention funding, from around the region is a study in how following simple rules can result in a high quality film.(Film special: production)(Last Life in the Universe)

Asian cinema's latest offering, Last Life in the Universe is a subtle feature that, among the typical Hollywood commercial fare, may just be the preferred change craved by the ever maturing Asian filmgoer.

Marketed as a simple yet high quality feature film by award-winning director Penek Ratanaruang, well-known cinematographer Christopher Doyle, and critically acclaimed actor, Asano Tadanobu, Last Life has been sold to more than 30 countries including the US and UK, Germany, France, and Japan. After Thailand, it will first debut in Singapore, followed by other countries within the ...

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