Recently premiering in Locarno, Thai filmmaker Sorayos Prapapan’s debut feature “Arnold is a Model Student” is a very interesting narrative amalgam, as it combines his own experiences from attending school (there is even a scene with a same named student repeating the multiplication element as a punishment inside a teacher’s office) with the recent Bad Student movement, and an approach that moves more towards the comedy/satire despite the dramatic basis of the story.
“Arnold is a Model Student“ is screening at Five Flavours Asian Film Festival
The titular Arnold is a student in the last class of high school, who stands out not just for his shaved hair, but also for having studied in the US for a year and winning a gold medal at the Mathematics Olympiad, something that has deemed him a model student in the eyes of the school administration. His treatment as a...
“Arnold is a Model Student“ is screening at Five Flavours Asian Film Festival
The titular Arnold is a student in the last class of high school, who stands out not just for his shaved hair, but also for having studied in the US for a year and winning a gold medal at the Mathematics Olympiad, something that has deemed him a model student in the eyes of the school administration. His treatment as a...
- 11/18/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Recently premiering in Locarno, Thai filmmaker Sorayos Prapapan’s debut feature “Arnold is a Model Student” is a very interesting narrative amalgam, as it combines his own experiences from attending school (there is even a scene with a same named student repeating the multiplication element as a punishment inside a teacher’s office) with the recent Bad Student movement, and an approach that moves more towards the comedy/satire despite the dramatic basis of the story.
“Arnold is a Perfect Student” screened in Locarno Film Festival
The titular Arnold is a student in the last class of high school, who stands out not just for his shaved hair, but also for having studied in the US for a year and winning a gold medal at the Mathematics Olympiad, something that has deemed him a model student in the eyes of the school administration. His treatment as a star does not only extend to the faculty,...
“Arnold is a Perfect Student” screened in Locarno Film Festival
The titular Arnold is a student in the last class of high school, who stands out not just for his shaved hair, but also for having studied in the US for a year and winning a gold medal at the Mathematics Olympiad, something that has deemed him a model student in the eyes of the school administration. His treatment as a star does not only extend to the faculty,...
- 9/4/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Arnold is a Model Student Review — Arnold is a Model Student / Arnon pen nakrian tuayang (2022) Film Review from the 75th Annual Locarno Film Festival, a movie written and directed by Sorayos Prapapan, starring Korndanai Marc Dautzenberg, Siriboon Naddhabhan, Winyu Wongsurawat, Yanin Pongsuwan, Niramon Busapavanich, and Virot Ali. Younger generations are always at the forefront of revolutions and [...]
Continue reading: Film Review: Arnold Is A Model Student: A Disjointed but Subtly Powerful Study on Authority, Morality, and Righteousness [Locarno 2022]...
Continue reading: Film Review: Arnold Is A Model Student: A Disjointed but Subtly Powerful Study on Authority, Morality, and Righteousness [Locarno 2022]...
- 8/28/2022
- by Jacob Mouradian
- Film-Book
“Arnold Is a Model Student,” Thai filmmaker Sorayos Prapapan’s debut feature – premiering in Locarno’s Cineasti del presente section over the weekend – is a lighthearted satire highlighting Thailand’s recent Bad Student movement and authoritarianism in the country’s schools.
The film centres around the titular Arnold, a gold medal Mathematics Olympiad student, whose studies abroad have earnt his model student status in the eyes of his school administrators.
An international co-production between Thailand, the Netherlands, Singapore, Germany and France, “Arnold” international sales rights are handed by Square Eyes.
The film has also had its eight-year journey impacted by filming challenges relating to the pandemic, but its story also evolved in response to contemporary political events in Thailand.
“The Bad Student movement came in 2020 and it affected the script a lot,” Prapapan reflects, “it was a perfect match.” Objecting to disciplinary methods such as policing hair, dress codes and physical punishment including caning,...
The film centres around the titular Arnold, a gold medal Mathematics Olympiad student, whose studies abroad have earnt his model student status in the eyes of his school administrators.
An international co-production between Thailand, the Netherlands, Singapore, Germany and France, “Arnold” international sales rights are handed by Square Eyes.
The film has also had its eight-year journey impacted by filming challenges relating to the pandemic, but its story also evolved in response to contemporary political events in Thailand.
“The Bad Student movement came in 2020 and it affected the script a lot,” Prapapan reflects, “it was a perfect match.” Objecting to disciplinary methods such as policing hair, dress codes and physical punishment including caning,...
- 8/9/2022
- by Srikanth Srinivasan and Andrew Northrop
- Variety Film + TV
Thai-language feature received its world premiere at the film festival in Switzerland.
Austria-based sales agent Square Eyes has boarded Thai director Sorayos Prapapan’s Arnold Is A Model Student, which received its world premiere in Locarno’s Filmmakers of the Present competition.
The Thai-language feature follows a gifted student who is enlisted by an underground ring to help others cheat on their exams. The cast is led by newcomer Korndanai Marc Dautzenberg in the title role and political commentator Winyu Wongsurawat.
The story is inspired by a student survival guide published by Bad Student, a movement that calls for educational...
Austria-based sales agent Square Eyes has boarded Thai director Sorayos Prapapan’s Arnold Is A Model Student, which received its world premiere in Locarno’s Filmmakers of the Present competition.
The Thai-language feature follows a gifted student who is enlisted by an underground ring to help others cheat on their exams. The cast is led by newcomer Korndanai Marc Dautzenberg in the title role and political commentator Winyu Wongsurawat.
The story is inspired by a student survival guide published by Bad Student, a movement that calls for educational...
- 8/8/2022
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
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