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Samui Song (2017)

Samui Song poster
Original title
ไม่มีสมุยสำหรับเธอ
Directed by
Pen-ek Ratanaruang
Genre
drama, crime, mystery, thriller
Country
Thailand, Germany, Norway
Runtime
1h 48m
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 19 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy foreign woman living on a Thai island gets caught up in a dangerous situation involving her controlling husband and a mysterious man. She must navigate lies and violence to escape her predicament.

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What happens

Samui Song (Thai: ไม่มีสมุยสำหรับเธอ) is 2017 Thai noir crime thriller drama film directed and written by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, and starring Chermarn Boonyasak and David Asavanond. It is his ninth feature film and tenth overall. The film had its world premiere in the "Venice Days (Giornate degli Autori)" section at the 74th Venice International Film Festival on August 30, 2017, and had a limited release in Thailand on February 1, 2018. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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