I-Fak (2004)
"Ai-Fak" (original title)

Adapted from "Kham Phiphaksa" ("The Judgement"), a 1985 SeaWrite award-winning novel by Chat Kobjitti, "Ai-Fak" is the story about Fak, a young Thai man who leaves the monkhood to care for ... See full summary »

Director:

Pantham Thongsangl

Writers:

Chat Kobjitti, Pantham Thongsangl

Stars:

Pitisak Yaowananon, Bongkoj Khongmalai

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview:
Pitisak Yaowananon	...	Fak
Bongkoj Khongmalai	...	Somsong

Storyline

Adapted from "Kham Phiphaksa" ("The Judgement"), a 1985 SeaWrite award-winning novel by Chat Kobjitti, "Ai-Fak" is the story about Fak, a young Thai man who leaves the monkhood to care for his ailing father. When he returns home, he finds his father has married a much younger woman. She is very beautiful, but she is also mentally unbalanced. Then the father dies, leaving Fak to care for his insane stepmother. Soon Fak's neighbors in this remote village are talking about him, saying he is sleeping with his stepmother. This rejection by the villagers sends Fak into a spiral of despair.

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Plot Keywords:

stepmother | thai | insane | hyphen in title | mentally challenged | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Thailand

Language:

Thai

Release Date:

25 March 2004 (Thailand)

Also Known As:

I-Fak

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hub Ho Hin Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

No animals were harmed in the making of this film. In the dog-beating scene, two dogs played the role of the "mad" dog - a professional dog actor named James Bond and Nam Tan, a disabled dog from the Disabled Animal Aid Pak Kret Foundation.

User Reviews

Very interesting & full of sarcastic

The story reflects an young victim of Thai society in the rural area. It based on a great novel by Chart Kobchiti and been produced many times in forms of TV series and movies. For Ai - Fak 2004, the leading actress impress the audience by her own great performance convincing that she was really being lunatic and catalyse the plot fast and increase tension to the whole story. Also it is the first movie for the actor and he doing the great job showing the suffering from what he didn't do but have to live with the hatre of the villagers. I felt this film should be brought out more characteristic of the male leading. In my opinion, it is another best film of Thailand.