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Pen-Ek Ratanaruang

Pen-Ek Ratanaruang

(English: pen-ek Ratanaruang) A Thai film director and screenwriter, best known for his arthouse work "Last Life in the Universe", and is considered to be one of Thai cinema's leading "new wave" auteurs, alongside Wisit Sasanatieng and Apichatpong Weerasethakul. He goes by the nickname Tom and is sometimes credited as Tom Pannet.

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Movies Made By Pen-Ek Ratanaruang (22)

Morte Cucina (2026)

Sao, a talented cook, accidentally meets the man who took advantage of her in the past. She sets her revenge plan in motion using her cooking skill to achieve a rather unexpected result. ...

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Two Little Soldiers (2020)

Two rookie soldiers are left at a garrison as other troops head to the city to deal with a protest. Now free, the soldiers smoke, play guitar and go fishing in the country, where they meet a girl. ...

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Gatlang : Happiness, Hardship and Other Stories (2018)

Gatlang is the name of a small village at an altitude of 7400 feet located in Nepal. A land that no one has ever mentioned. It was hidden under a secret area at the edge of the world's sky. It was shrouded in a faint gray mist that shrouded in all directio ...

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Folklore: Pob (2018)

A journalist meets with Pob, a Thai ghost, who confesses to a murder. Finally finding an outlet for complaint, Pob explains how the murder happened and requests for his story to be published. However, the journalist declines and the two make a deal of a li ...

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Samui Song (2018)

A soap opera actress finds herself increasingly pressured by her husband, a rich foreigner entirely devoted to a charismatic cult leader. ...

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The Life of Gravity (2014)

A stylish, urban woman ends up castaway on a deserted island, where she meets a rugged hermit. Solitude and detachment soon draw them together. ...

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Paradoxocracy (2013)

Sociopolitical Documentary directed by Pen Ek Ratanaruang and Pasakorn Pramoolwong narrating the forward of (sometimes backward) Thai politics since People's Party (Khana Ratsadon) established a constitutional monarchy on 24 June 1932. ...

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60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero (2011)

An anthology of one-minute films created by 51 international filmmakers on the theme of the death of cinema. Intended as an ode to 35mm, the film was screened one time only on a purpose-built 20x12 meter public cinema screen in the Port of Tallinn, Estonia ...

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Headshot (2011)

A hitman named Tul is shot in the head during an assignment. When he wakes up from a two month coma Tul discovers that he literally sees everything upside down. ...

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The Man Who Fell to Earth (Remix) (2010)

A man came to Earth to gather water for his planet. A short made from recycled footage. ...

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Sawasdee Bangkok (2009)

Thai directors give their take on Thailand's capital city of Bangkok. ...

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Nymph (2009)

An urban husband and wife travel to the jungle and learn just how precious their relationship is. ...

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Ploy (2007)

A husband and wife are locked inside a single hotel room with a stranger named Ploy. Subtle suspicions build up to jealousy as the young woman triggers devastating consequences for the couple. ...

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Invisible Waves (2006)

After inadvertently killing his girlfriend, a man flees Macau for Thailand in an attempt to cope with his guilt, and avoid possible arrest. But the relocation doesn't prevent his problems from following him, as his new friends could be potential enemies. ...

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Twelve Twenty (2006)

Based on a short story by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, this short film tells the story of a man who falls in love with a woman he sees at the check-in counter of an airport, and later sits near her inside the plane bound for Canada. The two passengers never exc ...

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Digital Sam in Sam Saek 2006: Talk to Her (2006)

This program features three digital short films by Asian filmmakers. Singapore veteran filmmaker Eric Khoo's NO DAY OFF (39 min) records the life of a maid who leaves her husband and baby for Singapore. Darezhan Omirbayev's ABOUT LOVE (38 min) is a bitter ...

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Ghost Variety (2005)

Tom Penlert, a director for horror programs on TV who wants to be noticed as a professional director. Along with his amazing buddy Tik The Star and incredible staff, he produces a TV show called "Ghost Variety", a show that dares your belief of supernatura ...

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OK Baytong (2003)

A monk must learn to live in the world beyond his temple after his older sister is killed and leaves her young daughter behind. ...

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Last Life in the Universe (2003)

An obsessive-compulsive Japanese librarian living in Bangkok spends most of his days contemplating suicide in his apartment. His life changes when he witnesses the death of a young girl and becomes acquainted with her elder sister. ...

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Transistor Love Story (2001)

An aspiring singer leaves his pregnant bride a radio for company when he is drafted into the army; unfit for military life, the man goes AWOL and joins a pop music troupe but soon after his wife tracks him down his life spirals out of control. ...

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6ixtynin9 (1999)

A woman, fired from a financial corporation during the Asia crisis, returns home with no money. However, she finds a box with a fortune in front of her door, and decides to keep it. However, the people that left it there soon want it back. ...

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Fun Bar Karaoke (1997)

Pu is a young woman who is having some bad dreams. Her father, meanwhile, has fallen in love with a karaoke bar hostess girl named Yok who's the girlfriend of a mobster. A hitman named Noi is then dispatched to kill the father, and Pu ends up falling in lo ...

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Movies Starring Pen-Ek Ratanaruang (4)

The Master (2014)

A Thai documentary about 'Van VDO' the VHS shop in 1990s. The shop established the independent cinema scene for Thai audience by selling VHS of American, European, and Asian indie films. However, all of them are pirate and illegal. ...

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Southeast Asian Cinema – When the Rooster Crows (2014)

Southeast Asia Cinema - When the rooster crows is a voice of diversity reaching for change. Brillante Mendoza, Eric Khoo, Garin Nugroho, Pen Ek Ratanaruang give voice to a region rich with traditions, ethnic groups, languages, politics, and religions. It i ...

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Behind the Blur (2009)

An insightful documentary about Thai cinema, which features a colourful and long running film history, yet struggles as the industry attempts to move forward. This film examines the past and focuses on the Thai New Wave since 1997 by combining film clips, ...

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Citizen Dog (2004)

Pod decides to change jobs after losing his finger at a sardine packing plant. His new job as a security guard comes with an unexpected perk in the form of a lanky maid who carries a mysterious white book. ...

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