SELECTED PRESS :
FLUID RADIO (uk) "This is an incredible achievement. Sometimes cold, sometimes stark, the keys weep, sliding down in tone as they cry out. But the music isn’t just an accompaniment to the film: it coalesces with the very image, smudged into its fabric like a swirling watercolour, embedding itself inside its visual paint and syncing up with certain scenes to create powerful, lasting imprints"
L'OBS (fr) "La musique du duo français colore tout, infuse les êtres et les paysages"
VARIETY (us) "Manta Ray is especially well served by the subtle soundscapes created by French duo Snowdrops"
CINEVUE "The film is filled by a rich, exceptionally layered soundscape with music by French duo Snowdrops. The haunting melodies and sound effects reverberate with an unspeakable pain and displacement in some moments, but also the magic of new connections and simple kindness in others."
SCREEN DAILY (us) "A haunting score by French keyboard-based duo Snowdrops"
ENTRETIEN AVEC SNOWDROPS, LE POLYESTER (fr) "Associer la façon de filmer physique de Phuttiphong Aroonpheng à l’univers musical sensoriel de Christine Ott"
ENTRETIEN AVEC PHUTTIPHONG AROONPHENG "Ce sont les Français de Snowdrops qui ont signé la bande sonore du film. Je leur ai donné carte blanche, je ne voulais pas de barrière culturelle entre la France et la Thaïlande, ils pouvaient faire comme ils le souhaitaient. (...) je voulais qu’on entre dans le film comme on déambule dans un musée »
Festivals and Avant-Premières
WORLD PREMIERE - VENISE Mostra #75 (ITA)
SEPT - TORONTO TIFF #43 - Discovery || SAN SEBASTIAN SSIFF #66
OCT - VANCOUVER Film Festival (CA) - VIFF #37 || BUSAN Film Festival (KOR) || WARSAW Film Festival (POL) || PINGYAO Film Festival (CHI) || Qcinema MANILLE (PHI) || MAMI Mumbai (IND) || NOV - THESSALONIKI International Film Festival (GRE) || MINSK Film Festival (BLR) || STOCKHOLM International Film Festival (SUE) || KOLKATA Film Festival (IND) || ZAGREB International Film Festival (CRO) || Nordisk Film Fest, OSLO (NOR) || TOKYO FILMeX (JAP) || Festival des 3 continents, NANTES (FRA) || PARIS, Forum des Images (FRA) || TALLINN Black nights film festival (EST) || IFFI GOA (IND) || ASIA PACIFIC SCREEN AWARDS, Brisbane (AUS) || AFRIFF LAGOS (NIG) || DEC - SINGAPOUR Film Festival (SG) || SEOUL Film Festival (SKR) || International Film Festival of KERALA (IND) || CAGLIARI Film Festival (ITA) || International Film Festival and Awards MACAO (CHI) || Festival du Film de MARRAKECH (MAR) || 2019 JAN IFFR International Film Festival ROTTERDAM (NED) || FEV Festival International du Premier Film d'ANNONAY (FRA) || GRONINGEN Forum (NED) || BENGALURU International Film Festival (IND) || MARS - HONG KONG International Film Festival - HKIFF || Festival Internacional de Cine UNAM (MEX) || VILNIUS Film Festival (LIT) || FIFDH GENEVE (SUI) || Film Society Lincoln Center NEW YORK (USA) || MINNEAPOLIS Film Festival (USA) || FebioFest (PRAHA) || APR - Harvard University BOSTON (USA) || ISTANBUL Film Festival İKSV (TUR) || DALLAS film festival (USA) || Fajr International Film Festival TEHERAN (IRAN) || MOSCOW International Film Festival (RUS) || MAY - HUNGARIAN Release || Maryland Film Festival BALTIMORE (USA) || MONTCLAIR Film Festival (USA) || MINI Film Festival (MAL) || MEXICAN Release || Asian Film Week, BEIJING (CHI) || JUNE - SYDNEY Film Festival (AUS) || TAIPEI Film Festival (TAI) || SDEROT Film Festival (ISR) || Festival Zones Portuaires ST NAZAIRE (FRA) || FEST Espinho (POR) || EDIMBURGH Film Festival (SCO) || Festival de film de CABOURG (FRA) || SHANGHAI Film Festival || 39 Foro International MEXICO (MEX) || BANGKOK Asean Film Festival (THA) || JULY - SYROS Film Festival (GRE) || THAI release || MUNCHEN Film Festival (GER) || INDIEBO, Festival de Cine Independiente de BOGOTA (COL) || NEW ZEALAND Film Festival (NZ) || ODESSA International Film Festival (UKR) || FRENCH Release || Lake Como Film Nights CERNOBBIO (ITA) || AUG - MELBOURNE International Film Festival (AUS) || SEP - Queer Festival LISBOA (POR) || FUKUOKA International Film Festival (JAP) || Pacific Meridian VLADIVOSTOK (RUS) || NETHERLANDS Release || OCT - ADELAIDE Festival Center (AUS) || ITALIAN Release || NUREMBERG International Human Rights Film Festival (GER) ...
SYNOPSIS:
Near a coastal village of Thailand, by the sea where thousands of Rohingya refugees have drowned, a local fisherman finds an injured man lying unconscious in the forest. He rescues the stranger, who does not speak a word, offers him his friendship and names him Thongchai. But when the fisherman suddenly disappears at sea, Thongchai slowly begins to take over his friend’s life – his house, his job and his ex-wife…
MANTA RAY
A movie by Phuttiphong Aroonpheng - Thailande / France - 2018 - 105 min
CREDITS:
MANTA RAY by Phuttiphong Aroonpheng
Main Cast : Wanlop Rungkumjad / Rasmee Wayrana / Aphisit Hama
Cinematographer : Nawarophaat Rungphiboonsophit
Colorist : Yov Moor / Sound: Chalermrat Kaweewattana,
Arnaud Rolland, Charles Bussienne
Editing: Lee Chatametikool, Harin Paesongthai
Producted by 'Diversion Films' (Thailand), 'Les Films de l'Étranger' (France), Purin Pictures & Mit Out Sound Films
Original soundtrack by Snowdrops (Christine Ott / Mathieu Gabry) :
Ondes Martenot (Original, Dierstein, Ondéa & Ondomo), Piano, Mellotron, Organ, Keyboards, Motorised Hurdy-gurdy (Boîte à Bourdons BAB V), Soundscapes, Field Recording
