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Thailand
2015, 97 min

Section: Variety Critics' Choice
Year: 2016

Several one-time students of a high school class meet at the wedding of a former classmate, among them Peung, who is also about to be married. Boyd is there too, and memories of their student relationship throw the young woman off balance. The Thai military coup of 2014 forms a backdrop to this emotional and visually accomplished film.


Synopsis

Centered on an Instagram-preoccupied 26-year-old whose reunion with high-school friends raises doubt about her upcoming marriage, this romantic drama represents another impressive achievement by leading indie writer-director Kongdej Jaturanrasmee. Setting his tale against the backdrop of Thailand’s 2014 military coup, Jaturanrasamee has fashioned an absorbing study of young locals grappling with personal identity in an atmosphere of political instability and social disharmony. Forever posting bubbly messages and bright pictures of everywhere she visits and everything she’s eating, Thai office worker Peung (Waruntorn Paonil) is at first glance the very picture of a happy millennial. With her wedding to a hunky military officer on the horizon, Peung seems to have everything in front of her. Away from emoticons and cheery hashtags, it’s a different story, suggesting how creating a social-media personality doesn’t always match real life.

Richard Kuipers

About the director

Kongdej Jaturanrasmee

Kongdej Jaturanrasmee (b. 1972, Thailand), one of the top Thai filmmakers working today, graduated in mass communications from King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology in the Bangkok district of Ladkrabang. His first attempts at filmmaking included music videos (he himself sings in a well-known indie band, Si Tao Ter), followed by short films that sparked interest at various festivals. He writes in addition to directing and has several successful Thai movies to his credit. The comedy Sayew (2003), which he wrote and co-directed, took an award at the Seattle IFF, the romantic drama Midnight, My Love (2005) screened at festivals in Deauville and Chicago, and the drama P-047 (2011) premiered at Venice. Other films inventively use a variety of genre forms, among them Handle Me with Care (2008), Tang Wong (2013, screened at Berlin), and So Be It (2014).

Contacts

Mosquitio Films Distribution
, 10310, Bangkok
Thailand
Tel: +66 891 058 909, +66 253 848 75
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.mosquitofilmsdistribution.com

About the film

Color, DCP
European premiere

Section: Variety Critics' Choice
   
Director: Kongdej Jaturanrasmee
Screenplay: Kongdej Jaturanrasmee
Dir. of Photography: Umpornpol Yugala
Music: Chaibundit Peuchponsub
Editor: Kamontorn Eakwatanakij , Manussa Vorasingha
Art Director: Rasiguet Sookkarn, Manop Chaengsawang
Producer: Soros Sukhum, Kanyarat Jiraratchakit, Piyaluck Mahatanasab
Production: Song Sound Production
Coproduction: True Visions Group, North Star Production
Cast: Toni Rakkaen, Waruntorn Paonil
Sales: Mosquitio Films Distribution

Guests

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