I-San Special (2002)

คืนพระจันทร์เต็มดวง

The soundtrack to a radio soap opera set in a luxury hotel is acted out by characters who are riding a ramshackle bus from Bangkok to a small town in Thailand’s Northeast.

Date of release
2002-04-22
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 52m
Genres
Drama
Director
Mingmonkul Sonakul

Casting

Interesting facts

I-San Special is a 2002 Thai experimental independent drama film directed by Mingmongkol Sonakul and based on an idea by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Set aboard a ramshackle inter-city bus traveling from Bangkok to Isan, the audio of a Thai radio soap opera is acted out by the passengers. However, when the bus stops, the drama of the passengers' normal lives is portrayed. Parallels are seen between the soap opera and reality in terms of the characters' social class.

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