
Inseparatesketches,ThunskaPansittivorakulshowsthehomosexuallovebetweenateacherandpupilmoreexplicitlythanever.SeveralcrypticscenesrefertotheoppressiveThaipoliticalsituation.Aclearreactiontothenewlawthatsubjectedhispreviousfilm,ThisAreaIsUnderQuarantine(2009),tocensorship.<br/> Reincarnatestartswithatext:‘ThailandhassinceAugust2009bannedthescreeningofsexualactsandgenitalsinfilmsandanythingthatdamagestheinterestsofthecountryorcausesdisharmonyinthepeople’.ThunskaPansittivorakul’sfirstfilm,ThisAreaIsUnderQuarantine(2009),whichwasonlyscreenedatthisfestivallastyear,wasthefirstvictim.ImagesofaviolentconflictbetweenthegovernmentandMuslimdemonstratorsdidnotgetpastthecensor.Howcananyfilmmakerstillshowwhatishappeninginhiscountry?Inviewofthefactthatanythingcanfallunderthislaw,inReincarnateheshowsforthefirsttimeflowingsperm.Inhispreviousfilms,homosexuallovewasalwaysprominently,butnotexplicitlypresent.Alongsideseparatesketchesoftherelationshipbetweenpupilandteacher,thefilmismadeupofseveralcrypticscenesthatcommentontheoppressivepoliticalsituation,inwhichallpartiesonlydefendtheirowninterests.–IFFR