Wonderful Town Thailand
2007, 92min.
Prod.: Soros Sukhum, Jetnipith Teerakulchanyut , Script/ Dir.: Aditya Assarat, Dir. of Phot.: Umpornpol Yugala, Compos.: Zai Kuning, Koichi Shimizu, Prod. Design: Karanyapas Khamsin, Sound: Akritchalerm Kalayanamitr, Edit.: Lee Chatametikool.
Cast: Anchalee Saisoontorn, Supphasit Kansen, Dul Yaambunying.
Takua Pa is a small town in the South of Thailand. It is a town of sadness. Ever since the tsunami, people have lost their jobs. There is nothing to do. Young people ride motorcycles around in circles. Old people remember the better times. One day a stranger comes to town. His name is Ton. He is an architect. He rents a room in a small hotel owned by Na, the town daughter. They get engaged in a secret love affair but soon gossips begin. The town has found its enemy now.
This film is about a love that grows where there is no more love – like a flower that grows in the dirt. It is also about a town that tries to destroy the beauty that it cannot have for itself. Can a town be wonderful again?
Awards
New Currents Award (Pusan IFF 2007); Special Jury Award (Las Palmas FF, 2008); Tiger Award (Rotterdam IFF, 2008)
Production Company
Pop Pictures Co.
| Assarat, Aditya Aditya Assarat (born 1972, Bangkok, Thailand)
Assarat holds a Masters Degree from the University of Southern California. He started making short films that were invited to many festivals, including Clermont-Ferrand, Sundance, and the New York Film Festival. In 2004, Assarat was invited to attend the Sundance Director’s Lab, a training ground for promising filmmakers from around the world. In 2005, he was chosen to work a year with Mira Nair as part of the Rolex Mentor and Protռgռ Arts Initiative. During the mentorship he also co-directed the 3 Friends documentary, which was screened at the Toronto and the Pusan. In 2007, his debut feature film Wonderful Town, supported by the Hubert Bals Fund, won the New Currents Award at its world premiere in Pusan.
Filmography
Motorcycle (2001); Waiting (2003); Boy Genius (2004); The Sigh (2005); 3 Friends (2005); Wonderful Town (2007)
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