“It’s like a rumble from the core of the Earth.” Neon has launched the audibly fascinating first trailer for Memoria, director Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s English-language debut, a few girl touring in South America whereas attempting to unravel the thriller of her “mysterious sensory syndrome.”

Neon, the distributor behind final yr’s Academy Award-winning movie Parasite, is again with one other extremely anticipated movie, this time from acclaimed Thai filmmaker Weerasethakul. Memoria stars Tilda Swinton as Jessica Holland, a Scottish girl visiting Colombia who’s looking for the reply for sounds she retains listening to in her head with out rationalization. Weerasethakul instructed La Tempestad final yr that he wrote the half with Swinton in thoughts, noting that throughout the filming course of “it was she who showed me this character.” The trailer is imprecise on particulars however creates a temper by means of its intelligent use of sound and environment. However, there are references to trepanation, a surgical process the place a gap is drilled into somebody’s cranium. It’s been used to alleviate strain underneath the cranium, however in historical occasions it was additionally carried out on individuals (typically in opposition to their will) to “let evil spirits out.”

In a current interview with the Hollywood Reporter, Weerasethakul sassist he was impressed to jot down the movie whereas he was touring in Colombia and located himself creating the signs of Exploding Head Syndrome—a medical situation the place individuals discover themselves wakened up by the sound of a loud explosion. From there, Memoria turns into a narrative (in English and Spanish) about Jessica discovering herself as she tries to search out solutions to her situation. Is it bodily, psychological, or maybe one thing extra supernatural?

“It became a story of this woman who is kind of drifting between places, and we don’t know much about her background, and I really don’t care about that. If you know my films, it’s more about the moment,” he mentioned. “In retrospect, I think the whole film is about healing, and it’s about finding yourself. Or just finding a connection to a place and its people, all of the different layers there—and how you have to go through the process of simulation, and internal transformation. I hope the movie translates as that. Sorry, I cannot really explain. I think even after seeing the movie, you don’t really know what it is about. It’s just feelings.”

Memoria makes it debut at Cannes this week, however no U.S. launch date has been introduced but.

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