Fun Bar Karaoke (Thai: ฝันบ้าคาราโอเกะ or Fan ba karaoke, literally "dream crazy karaoke") is a 1997 crime-comedy directed by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang. The film had its world premiere at the 1997 Berlin Film Festival for which Pen-Ek was credited as "Tom Pannet". It screened in the festival's Forum section.[2]
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Directed by | Pen-Ek Ratanaruang |
Written by | Pen-Ek Ratanaruang |
Produced by | Dhiranan Sukwibul |
Starring |
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Cinematography | Chankit Chamnivikaipong |
Edited by | Adrian Brady Patamanadda Yukol |
Distributed by | Five Star Production |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
Country | Thailand |
Language | Thai |
Plot
editPu 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 love with Noi.
Cast
edit- Fay Atsawet as Pu
- Ray MacDonald as Noi
- Champagne X as Yok
- Phaibunkiat Khiaogao as Pu's Father
References
edit- Morris, Ron. 2000. "Bangkok Dispatch", Future Frame (retrieved October 17, 2006).
- ^ ฝันบ้าคาราโอเกะ | FUN BAR KARAOKE
- ^ Berlin Film Festival archives, Fun-Bar-Karaoke Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine (retrieved September 13, 2006)
External links
edit- Fun Bar Karaoke at IMDb
- Fun Bar Karaoke at Rotten Tomatoes
- Five Star Production synopsis
- Review at View from the Brooklyn Bridge