TOKYO FILMeX Competition films

Thailand / 2018 / 105 min.
Director: Phuttiphong AROONPHENG

At a village along the Thailand coast in an area where thousands of Rohingya (Myanmar's Islamic population) refugees have drowned off the nearby sea, a fisherman discovers an unconscious man in the forest. The fisherman brings home the man who cannot speak, and names him Thongchai after a Thai pop star. A sort of friendship is established between the two, but one day the fisherman abruptly disappears. Left alone, Thongchai takes over the fisherman's work and begins living the fisherman's life. Then the fisherman's estranged wife returns home.... The directorial debut by Phuttiphong AROONPHENG, who was the director of cinematography on "Vanishing Point" (2015) which also screened at Tokyo FILMeX. Screened in the Orizzonti Section at the Venice Film Festival where it won the award for Best Film.