Wednesday, March 30, 2005

Thai films at Udine

The lineup for the Udine Far East Film Festival from April 22 to 29 in Italy has been announced. Twitch has the list and ThaiCinema.org has a bit more about the four Thai entries.

The four films are:
  • Art of the Devil - Bang Rajan director Thanit Jitnukul's first stab at horror, it is about one family's disaster after the father's mistress uses superstition to get revenge against him.
  • Pattaya Maniac - Yuthlert Sippapak's fourth film is a crazy comedy involving karaoke singing, gangsters, a bungled kidnapping, Buddhist amulet mysticism and a beautiful girl. Bald comedian Nong Cha Cha Cha starred, proving his dramatic chops.
  • Zee-oui - By veteran commercial directors Nida Suthat na Ayutthaya and Buranee Rachaibun who are also sisters. It's based on a true story of a Chinese immigrant in Thailand during the 1940s who was a cannibalistic serial killer who preyed on children.
  • Born to Fight - From Ong-Bak action choregrapher Panna Ritthikrai, the gritty action is hot and heavy. It stars Dan Chupong, hailed as Thailand's second Tony Jaa, and features a cast of national athletes who use their various skills -- football kicking, gymnastics, rugby, tawkraw, muay Thai, tae kwon do -- to defeat a Burmese druglord's army. Stay for the stunts, ignore the melodramatically overwrought performances.
( Cross-published at Rotten Tomatoes)

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