Nat dies of an illness caused by dust pollution; when her spirit returns and possesses the family's vacuum cleaner, her husband March resumes their love across the line between the living and the dead, against the opposition of his whole family. Pivoting on a "possessed vacuum cleaner", the film thoroughly renews the ghost film and, with an absurd, playful yet tender touch, talks about mourning, class, family business and the industrial dust pollution hanging over Thailand. It premiered at Critics' Week at Cannes in 2025 and won its top prize, the Critics' Week Grand Prize, the first Thai film selected for the section in years, and was chosen as Thailand's submission for the 98th Academy Awards' Best International Feature.
Bangkok born filmmaker Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke graduated from Film Department at Chulalongkorn University, and has since continued to create work from his hometown base. His short film, Red Aninsri; Or, Tiptoeing on the Still Trembling Berlin Wall (2020), scooped the Junior Jury Award at the Locarno International Film Festival, propelling him onto the international stage. The film subsequently screened at prestigious festivals in Torino, Nouveau Cinéma (Montreal), Bogotá, Singapore, and Glasgow, solidifying his reputation. His first feature, A Useful Ghost (2025), clinched the Grand Prize at Critics’ Week, Cannes 2025, positioning Ratchapoom as a leading voice in the new wave of Thai cinema.
From Busan International Film Festival 2025, No. 30
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