Sawasdee Bangkok
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| Thai | สวัสดีบางกอก, เสน่ห์กรุงเทพ |
| Directed by | Thai PBS |
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| Country | Thailand |
| Language | Thai |
Sawasdee Bangkok (
Thai PBS
. The story about lifestyles of people in Bangkok, it is divided into nine segments.
Summary
| Title | Actor, Actress | Director | Plot |
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| มาหานคร (Maha Nakhon; "Coming to the city") | Sine Jaroenpura |
Bhandit Rittakol | Sonn an Ang Thong farmer won on the last two numbers in a lottery. He traveling to Bangkok for the first time with his wife Mai in hopes to photograph the Wat Phra Kaew. They have gone to many places where people say that it is a real landmark of Bangkok. But finally he and his wife met the true meaning of the word "Bangkok". |
| ทัศนา (Tussana; "Visually") | Bongkoj Khongmalai, Tanthai Prasertkul | Wisit Sasanatieng | Na the blind girl earns a living selling a lottery under the bridge. She desperately wants to see. Until one day, she met the angel who acted like her eyes.
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| กรุงเทพมหาเสน่ห์ (Krungthep Mahasane; "Charming Bangkok" | – |
Prachya Pinkaew | Mockumentary film present the story of the diverse lifestyles of people in Bangkok with humor and satire. |
| หลงแต่ไม่ลืม (Long Tae Mai Luam; "Lost but not forgotten") | Arak Amornsupasiri, Winai Bandurak | Rutaiwan Wongsirasawad | Aed a retired musician aged over 60 traveling by bus. He met a young musician on the bus and lost to the Woeng Nakhon Khasem. Where his memories in the old days come back again. |
Silence |
Nopachai Jayanama, Ploy Horwang | Pen-Ek Ratanaruang |
Teenage girl going out to a nightclub. It happened that her car was broken down. She can not repair it. She faced a dumb looking horrible, she scared and expelled him, but he refused to go. Eventually, she meets the truth that makes her feel guilty. |
Bangkok Blues |
Louis Scott, Ananda Everingham | Aditya Assarat | Two young men are friends. One is upset because his girlfriend broke up. Then invite another one to follow. The another one likes to sounds record the events that occur at different times.[clarification needed] |
| กรุงเทพที่รัก (Krungthep Theerak; "Bangkok my love") | – |
Santi Taepanich | kathoeys .
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| พี่-น้อง (Phi-Nong; "Sisters") | Tharatip Sridee Jenjira Jamniansri |
Chookiat Sakveerakul | Urn a young girl in junior high school there is secretly jealous towards Ann her older sister, who is a beautiful gymnast of school. Ann is a perfect girl. Urn tried to do everything possible to find a weakness that could have been her sister's failure, and when Ann is about to have a boyfriend. Urn tried to destroy, but then she found out. Indeed, her sister including parents love her more than anything. |
| ผีมะขาม (Phi Makham; "Tamarind ghost"[a]) | Namo Tongkumnerd | Kongdej Jaturanrasamee | A young man has slept with a prostitute at the shabby motel, he and she talked. Along with walking from Sanam Luang to Ratchadamnoen Avenue at night there, she told her story to him. Finally, he is not sure whether she is a human or a ghost. |
Release
- The film premiered during the 7th Bangkok International Film Festival (September 24–30, 2009).
- The film showed during the 9th Toronto International Film Festival.[1]
- The film aired on Thai PBS in mid-2010 on at 08:25pm every Monday night. After the aired, there will be an interview with the production team, the director and the cast.[2]
Notes
- ^ "Phi Makham" ("tamarind ghost") is a Thai slang term that means "street prostitution", especially those who are looking for tricks in Sanam Luang and the neighbourhood Ratchadamnoen.
References
- ^ สวัสดีบางกอก – Sawasdee Bangkok หนังไทยมาตรฐานสากล (in Thai)
- ^ สวัสดีกรุงเทพ (in Thai)
External links
- Sawasdee Bangkok at IMDb
