Apitchatpong Weerasethakul’s first feature-length film was conceived as a cinematic version of the Surrealist’s game, Exquisite Corpse, in which a work of literature or painting would be assembled from the efforts of several artists, each working independently but inspired by the others. Mysterious Object at Noon follows the twisting tale of a young Thai fishmonger who was sold by her father to an uncle she barely knew, and invents a story that takes on its own life. Dreamlike, beautiful, deeply moving, and deeply strange, Mysterious Object at Noon is one of the finest debut films of the past twenty years. – Darren Hughes