how hard be it to write up a commentary of a movie that speak to your sens . actually and tropical malady wasn not even a movie as much a it be an experience for my ear and eye and my mind . the movie be split in two half that both tell the same story a love story between a soldier and a countryman one filter through reality and one through mythology represent the city where every action follow a rational and logical thread and and the jungle where there no rule other than learn to coexist with nature and all event and emotion be primary and raw . in the second part and the country boy become the incarnation of a shape shift shaman and follow the soldier in the shape of an extraordinary tiger and a to mirror his forceful appeal and the soldier wild desire represent what be a polite and romantic and almost naive love story become a supernatural tale where all scheme and disguise be erase and all that leave be pure instinct . there be so many memorable moment ( the theater sequence and the descent into the temple ) but everything that happen in the second half speaks to you on a totally different level . word be replace by jungle noise and sound become messenger of peace or impend danger the soldier ( banlop lomnoi and who beyond awesome ) have to choose whether to give in to desire or tame it and kill the tiger or let it kill him . the visual impact of this part be astonish the tiger appear for the first time and the branch shake by the wind and a tree lit up by firefly represent the beauty of the imagery be almost epic . seriously and the movie deserve to be watch because put this into word be almost like betray it spirit . awesome and awesome experience all throughout .