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Medal of honour
19/07/51

Thai filmmaker recognised by French government with prestigious award

The crusade he's fought has been a metaphorical one, but it's ennobling that Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul has finally become, voila, a knight. Last Thursday, the French ambassador to Thailand, Laurent Bili, on behalf of the French government, decorated Apichatpong with the prestigious Chevalier des Arts et Lettres medal, in a formal, albeit intimate, ceremony at the Alliance Francaise auditorium on Sathon Tai Road.

The Chevalier is the ..
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