Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke’s feature A Useful Ghost has been selected as Thailand’s entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 98th annual Academy Awards.

The film follows March, who 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 rejects 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.

The film debuted in the Critics’ Week sidebar at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The cast includes Davika Hoorne, Witsarut Himmarat, Apasiri Nitibhon

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