DO YOU REMEMBER ME?

The film tells the story of the Thai mother Amnuy, who has to make the hard decision between keeping her youngest daughter or giving her away to save the child’s life.

Amnuy, her husband and their little daughter are HIV-positive. The family lives separated from everybody else in a small village in the Northeast of Thailand. Nobody frequents their once-flourishing shop anymore. Impoverished and mentally disturbed the family survives on their last small savings. As they run out of money, all they can do is escape. In this situation, Amnuy meets the German Karl Morsbach a former manager who is building up a new village. This means hope for the very first time. But suddenly, the whole family disappears. The questions “what happened?” and “why?” receive many answers.
In search for the family the film leads the viewer on a journey to the Northeast. Here, we are together with Amnuy when she is forced to make the hardest decision ever in her life.

Release year:

2004

Director:

Alexander Heuken & Michaela Liechtenstein

Running length:

58 minutes

Production company:

Gizago Film- und Fernsehproduktion

Prizes:

Prix du Public Aux Écrans Du Réel 2005, Le Mans, France Prize of the Ministry of Health Ekotopfilm 2005, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

 

Categories:

• People & Culture