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A Useful Ghost

Directed by
Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke

Status World Premiere
Country France . Singapore . Thailand
Original Title Pee Chai Dai Ka
Year 2025
Language Thai
Genre . Drama
Duration 130min
Distributor JHR Films (France)
Status World Premiere
Country France . Singapore . Thailand
Original Title Pee Chai Dai Ka
Year 2025
Language Thai
Genre Drama
Duration 130min
Distributor JHR Films (France)
March is mourning his wife Nat who has recently passed away due to dust pollution. He discovers her spirit has returned by possessing a vacuum cleaner. Disturbed by a ghost that appeared after a worker's death shut down their factory, his family reject their unconventional human-ghost relationship.

Trying to convince them of their love, Nat offers to cleanse the factory. To become a useful ghost, she must first get rid of the useless ones.

Cast & crew

CAST

  • Davika Hoorne (Pee Mak, Heart Attack)

  • Witsarut Himmarat

  • Apasiri Nitibhon

PRODUCERS

  • 185 FILMS (Morte Cucina, The Edge of Daybreak, Ten Years Thailand)

  • HAUT LES MAINS (Where the Wind Comes From)

  • MOMO FILM CO (Don’t Cry, Butterfly, Dreaming & Dying)

Festivals and awards

  • CANNES CRITICS WEEK 2025 - GRAND PRIZE
“A phenomenal new filmmaker has arrived from Thailand… The Most Elegant Human-Vacuum Romance You’ll Ever Watch… Unlike his protagonist, Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke's directorial debut does not suck."
“Yorgos Lanthimos relocated to Thailand... Takes big risks and comes out swinging... A filmmaker to watch.”
“A tremendous achievement! One of the year’s most surprising debuts, and quite possibly one of the funniest films in some time.”
“Contemporary Southeast Asian cinema is made even richer and stranger by the addition of Boonbunchachoke’s debut... Entertaining and moving... It isn’t quite like anything you’ve seen before!”