Mah Nakorn aka Citizen Dog
One of the most interesting Thai movie of the past decade, A well-made, well crafted cinematic masterpiece. The cinematography was amazing along with its clever color saturated scenes. It also features the Thai song ...before version by Modern Dog.
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Citizen Dog is a 2004 Thai romance film, directed by Wisit Sasanatieng and based on a story by Wisit's wife, Koynuch, which was illustrated by him.
Synopsis:
Pod’s a simple country boy from rural Thailand, and as he sets out for a new life in bustling Bangkok, his grandmother taunts him with a warning: everyone in Bangkok has a tail, she says, and soon enough, he’ll have one too. Sounds like a ridiculous superstition, doesn't it? Perhaps, but keep in mind that once in the big city, Pod encounters all sorts of bizarre events and characters - exchangeable severed fingers, a rainstorm of red helmets, a ghostly taxi-cycle driver with advice for the lovelorn, a bitter, chain-smoking eight-year-old girl who has an abusive relationship with her talking teddy bear, and of course his salty grandmother, reincarnated as a gecko lizard. That Pod does not react all that dramatically to any of this can be attributed to the fact that his attention is focused on one thing – the passionate crush he’s developed on Jin, a pretty young cleaning lady who largely ignores him, obsessed as she is with an foreign-language book that fell from the sky. Her mission in life is to find out what’s in the book, while Pod’s mission is to win Jin’s heart, whatever it takes.
One of the most interesting Thai movie of the past decade, A well-made, well crafted cinematic masterpiece. The cinematography was amazing along with its clever color saturated scenes. It also features the Thai song ...before version by Modern Dog.
Click to See Opening Scene
Citizen Dog is a 2004 Thai romance film, directed by Wisit Sasanatieng and based on a story by Wisit's wife, Koynuch, which was illustrated by him.
Synopsis:
Pod’s a simple country boy from rural Thailand, and as he sets out for a new life in bustling Bangkok, his grandmother taunts him with a warning: everyone in Bangkok has a tail, she says, and soon enough, he’ll have one too. Sounds like a ridiculous superstition, doesn't it? Perhaps, but keep in mind that once in the big city, Pod encounters all sorts of bizarre events and characters - exchangeable severed fingers, a rainstorm of red helmets, a ghostly taxi-cycle driver with advice for the lovelorn, a bitter, chain-smoking eight-year-old girl who has an abusive relationship with her talking teddy bear, and of course his salty grandmother, reincarnated as a gecko lizard. That Pod does not react all that dramatically to any of this can be attributed to the fact that his attention is focused on one thing – the passionate crush he’s developed on Jin, a pretty young cleaning lady who largely ignores him, obsessed as she is with an foreign-language book that fell from the sky. Her mission in life is to find out what’s in the book, while Pod’s mission is to win Jin’s heart, whatever it takes.
*A 2004 Thai romance film, directed by Wisit Sasanatieng and based on a story by Wisit's wife, Koynuch (Siriphan Techajindawong), which was illustrated by him. The second film by the director of Tears of the Black Tiger, it is a colorful story set in contemporary Bangkok, where a boy (Pod) without a goal in life falls in love with a girl (Jin) who lives for her dreams. The film is frequently compared with the French movie Amélie. One of the main themes of the movie is that people will only find something from the moment when they stopped looking for it. -Wikipedia
Online Rankings:
7.5/10 - IMDb
100% - Rotten Tomatoes
3.5/5 - AlloCiné
Online Rankings:
7.5/10 - IMDb
100% - Rotten Tomatoes
3.5/5 - AlloCiné