The 5th Hong Kong International Film Festival, part two
The second instalment of my review of what I saw at the Fifth Hong Kong International Film Festival in 1981 covers films from Thailand, Turkey, China, Indonesia and the […]
Review: Red Bamboo (1979)
Director: Permpol Cheiarun
Cast: Sorapong Chatree, Suraphol Viroonrak, Lalana Sulawan, Suchao Pongwilai, Lily Tatsani,
Sorapong Chatree
Suraphol Viroonrak
Lalana Sulawan
Suchao Pongwilai
Lily Tatsani
Plot: In a Thai village childhood friends Kwen and Sompan are looking forward to make the world a better place within their ideology and beliefs. Kwen is a communist and Sompan is a monk. The film is a subtle metaphor for the troubled Thai political situation of the 1970's.
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