Bangkok Girl (2005)

Original title

Falang: Behind Bangkok's Smile

Directed by

Jordan Clark

Genre

documentary film, biographical film

Country

Canada

Runtime

50 min

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Canadian filmmaker follows a 19-year-old bargirl named Pla in Bangkok. The documentary shows her daily life and her past starting work at age 13. It suggests she faces a future of forced prostitution.

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What happens

Bangkok Girl is a documentary film that was both produced and directed by Jordan Clark. It is a low-budget film, having cost $10,000 to produce, and takes sex tourism in Bangkok as its subject. Bangkok Girl is 43 minutes long and focuses on Pla (full name: Sirirat Rapsithorn), a bargirl who is 19 years old and who guides Clark through the city. The film explores Pla's background and how she came to be where she is. Pla began working as a bargirl at the age of 13, and, while she had managed to avoid being forced into prostitution up until the point that the documentary was filmed, the film suggests that she will eventually be forcibly prostituted. In November 2005, the film aired on "The Lens", a program on Canada's CBC Television. Sweden's Sveriges Television also aired the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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