The narrator reads a letter to this character and meets soldiers in a deserted village in a short film titled for him, which is part of its director’s multimedia project Primitive. This man sits up in bed and hugs his wife in a scene in which she tells him that “heaven is overrated; there’s nothing there.” In another film, this man is mentioned by one of the two gay protagonists before the other’s request to rest his head on his lap is playfully denied. A film titled for this man opens as a (*) water buffalo breaks a rope that ties itself to a tree, (10[1])and includes (10[1])a scene in which a princess (-5[1])wades into a lake and has sex with a catfish. (10[2])This man’s (10[2])son has (10[1])red eyes and black fur after mating with a Monkey Ghost. This man titles a (10[1])2010 film by a director nicknamed “Joe,” who also directed Tropical (10[1])Malady. For 10 points, name this man who, in a Thai film directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul (“ah-PIT-chat-pong wee-rah-SETH-ah-kung”), “Can Recall His Past Lives.” ■END■