Mheejou (อาข่าผู้น่ารัก, also Akha Phoo Narak or Bannok TV) is a long-in-the-works project by Sukanya Vongsthapat, who's made her name as a producing partner with Prachya Pinkaew at Sahamongkol Film International.
The story involves the title character, a bubbly young Akha hilltribe girl (Fuana Hiroyama) in northern Thailand, who becomes a personality on the tribe's local-access television station.
It's all very sweet, and looks to be quite moving as well. The trailer from YouTube is embedded below.
Meejhou opens in Thai cinemas on Thursday.
(Via SiamZone, Moon0i's YouTube Channel)
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