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By the Time It Gets Dark (2016)

By the Time It Gets Dark poster
Original title
ดาวคะนอง
Directed by
Anocha Suwichakornpong
Genre
drama film
Country
Thailand
Runtime
1h 45m
Rated
12A
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 25 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A Thai filmmaker tries to make a movie about the 1976 Thammasat University massacre. The story shifts between past and present, mixing real events with fictional scenes.

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What happens

By the Time It Gets Dark, known in Thai as Dao Khanong (Thai: ดาวคะนอง), is a 2016 Thai drama film directed by Anocha Suwichakornpong. In August 2016, the film was selected to compete for the Golden Leopard at the 69th Locarno Film Festival. It won the 2016 Suphannahong National Film Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Editing. It was also selected as the Thai entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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