Thai crime films
Overzicht van films
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303 Fear/Faith/Revenge
Somching ‘King’ Srisupap | 93' | Thailand | International premiere
This murder thriller set in a Catholic boys’ school was the 1998 box-office hit in Thailand. -
Butterfly and Flowers
Euthana Mukdasnit | 126' | Thailand | -
Unusual cross between neo-realism and sweet-yet-unsentimental romance concentrates on the Islamic minorities in the South of Thailand. -
Crime Kings
Thanit ‘Pued’ Jitnukul | 130' | Thailand | European premiere
Macho-romantic biographical film about Sua Bai, an historic bandit from Thailand who stole from the rich and corrupt and then shared the booty with th -
Dang Bireley’s and the Young Gangsters
Nonzee Nimibutr | 110' | Thailand | -
This portrait of a ‘hero’ who gushes about James Dean and Elvis from the slums of Pra-Nakom in the late fifties underlines the gap between… -
Dreams and Honour
Sarawut Wichiensarn | 114' | Thailand | International premiere
A morality play about father figures and sons, good and bad influences, honour and disgrace, dynamically shot and edited. -
The Dumb Die Fast, the Smart Die Slow
Manop Udomdej | 123' | Thailand | -
Successful Thai ‘film noir’ about safebreaker who joins a young woman to rob her rich husband. -
Once Upon a Time… This Morning
Bhandit Rittakol | 133' | Thailand | -
An intelligent thriller about a ‘family in danger’. Children run away from home looking for a sweet father, but there’s a bag of heroin in…