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INTERVIEWS
Pen-Ek Ratanaruang On Morte Cucina: Cooking With Time and Desire
At this year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival, “Morte Cucina” arrives as the latest creation from Thai director Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, a filmmaker long celebrated in international circles yet curiously detached from his own domestic industry. In a candid conversation, he traces the long road that led from lockdown isolation to a story where food can comfort, heal, and quietly kill over fifteen years.