(Lahn Mah)
Country: THAI
Technical: col 125m
Director: Pat Boonnitipat
Cast: Putthipong Assaratanakul, Usha Seamkhum, Sanya Kunakorn
Synopsis:
A Thai-Chinese family is not without its dysfunctions, not least the daughter's slacker son who has decided to stake his accumulation of wealth on online gaming, to limited effect. However, taking his cue from his paragon of a cousin, he starts looking after his ailing Grandma 'in the expectation of plenty' when she dies.
Review:
Examining the clash between a too-busy and increasingly atheistic generation, and their religiously observant parents, this gently humorous film resorts to the stratagem of having the Gen Z grandson teach his Gen X relatives a thing or two about filial piety, in spite of his initially mercenary motivations. It plays off the savvy Grandma's cantankerousness and the boy's eagerness to please to comic effect, while eventually mining that same sentimental seam as Tokyo Story etc., via a double twist conclusion that brings us dramatically full circle in a satisfying way. Somewhat slow to develop in its middle section, and with a cloyingly repetitive piano soundtrack, it hit a chord in the Far East, where it was a massive hit.
(Lahn Mah)
Country: THAI
Technical: col 125m
Director: Pat Boonnitipat
Cast: Putthipong Assaratanakul, Usha Seamkhum, Sanya Kunakorn
Synopsis:
A Thai-Chinese family is not without its dysfunctions, not least the daughter's slacker son who has decided to stake his accumulation of wealth on online gaming, to limited effect. However, taking his cue from his paragon of a cousin, he starts looking after his ailing Grandma 'in the expectation of plenty' when she dies.
Review:
Examining the clash between a too-busy and increasingly atheistic generation, and their religiously observant parents, this gently humorous film resorts to the stratagem of having the Gen Z grandson teach his Gen X relatives a thing or two about filial piety, in spite of his initially mercenary motivations. It plays off the savvy Grandma's cantankerousness and the boy's eagerness to please to comic effect, while eventually mining that same sentimental seam as Tokyo Story etc., via a double twist conclusion that brings us dramatically full circle in a satisfying way. Somewhat slow to develop in its middle section, and with a cloyingly repetitive piano soundtrack, it hit a chord in the Far East, where it was a massive hit.
