Past Refractions: Anocha Suwichakornpong's 'By the Time It Gets Dark'

An oblique cinematic attempt to memorialise and make sense of the Thammasat University massacre of 1976, By the Time It Gets Dark collapses manifold characters, scenes and plotlines to encapsulate director Anocha Suwichakornpong's critique of Thai history and political erasure, writes Laurence Barber.

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Thailand, Asian cinema, fictionalisation.