The Promise (2017)
- Original title
- เพื่อน..ที่ระลึก
- Directed by
- Sopon Sukdapisit
- Genre
- drama film, horror film
- Country
- Thailand
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Rated
- 15
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 47 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Two teenage girls make a promise to each other during a financial crisis in the late 1990s in Thailand. Years later, one of them begins to experience terrifying events that seem connected to that fateful vow.
tensemelancholicvisually atmosphericsuspensefulsadeerieslow-burnhaunting
What happens
The Promise, known in Thai as Puen.. Tee Raluek (Thai: เพื่อน.. ที่ระลึก, RTGS: Phuean.. Thi Raluek), is a 2017 Thai horror film directed by Sophon Sakdaphisit and produced by GDH 559/Jor Kwang Films. It stars Namthip Jongrachatawiboon and Apichaya Thongkham, and was shot in Bangkok's famously unfinished Sathorn Unique Tower. The Promise earned a moderate 33.7 million baht (US$1 million) at the Thai box office, and was the fourth-grossing local film of 2017. The film received mixed reviews; it has been described as formulaic-yet-effective, and criticized for not realizing the potential of the financial-crisis background. The film won the 27th Suphannahong National Film Award for Best Visual Effects. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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