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Director:
Nonzee Nimibutr
Writers:
Nonzee Nimibutr (screenplay)
Sirapak Paoboonkerd (screenplay)
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Release Date:
28 September 2001 (Thailand) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
Saisho no kioku wo, oboeteimasuka [Japan] more
Plot:
Jan Dara grows up in a house lacking in love but abundant in lust. He quickly picks up the sinful way... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
3 wins & 4 nominations more
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A Proper Trailer For Thanapon Maliwan’s The Sanctuary
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A Visually Stunning, Bold, and Intensely Moving Film more

Cast

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Suwinit Panjamawat ... Jan Dara (teenage)
Santisuk Promsiri ... Khun Luang
Christy Chung ... Khun Boonlueang
Eakarat Sarsukh ... Jan Dara (adult)
Wipawee Charoenpura ... Aunt Waad
Patharawarin Timkul ... Khun Kaew
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Additional Details

Runtime:
Japan:113 min | Canada:120 min
Country:
Thailand
Language:
Thai | Turkish
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital

Fun Stuff

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Boom mic visible: When Aunt Waad is putting Jan to bed, the mike's shadow drifts over the pillow and sheets on the right side of the frame as the camera moves over the foot board. more

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10 out of 12 people found the following comment useful:-
A Visually Stunning, Bold, and Intensely Moving Film, 19 May 2005
10/10
Author: gradyharp from United States

JAN DARA is one of those rare films that succeeds on many levels: the story as adapted from a famous Thai novel 'The Story of Jan Dara' by Utsana Phleungtham is one of intrigue and exploration of lust, revenge, and thwarted passion; the cinematography by Nattawut Kittikhun is incredibly atmospheric while at the same time pausing for some of the most beautiful studies of nature on film; the musical score by Chartchai Pongprapapan and Pakawat Waiwitaya mixes the exotic pentatonic Oriental melodies with quaint excerpts from early recordings of Richard Strauss and Puccini operas; the direction by Nonzee Nimibutr is so sensuously elegant that this film firmly establishes him as an important figure in international film-making.

Simply stated, the story is about Jan Dara, the son of a woman who died giving birth to him, his life as an abused and unwanted child in the house of his 'father' spent searching for the love of his lost mother, his first encounters with passion and love, his adaptation to the realities of surviving in a family fraught with conflicts and bizarrely tangled interrelationships, and the disillusionment that comes with the discovery of his true family history and how the way his life comes full circle. It is a period piece and includes the outside effects of WW II in an otherwise sequestered house of strange isolation.

While JAN DARA includes many sensuous scenes (the 'first memory' of Jan Dara is watching his 'father' in an indiscretion with his beloved aunt), these scenes are photographed so sensitively that they become studies like Kama Sutra paintings rather than being vulgar. The story makes many flashbacks and flash-forwards and keeping the various actors at the different ages of these sequences straight can be problematic. The cast is uniformly excellent and credible, even when they may be too evil to watch! Here is an example of Oriental films that don't rely on choreographic martial arts to sustain interest. In that way it is similar to the beautiful SPRING, SUMER, AUTUMN, WINTER, SPRING, and for those who enjoy the subtle arts of Asia this film is a must. Highly recommended. Grady Harp

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