Mah nakorn (2004)

Director:

Wisit Sasanatieng

Writers:

Koynuch (novel)
Wisit Sasanatieng (writer)

Release Date:

9 March 2006 (South Korea)

Genre:

Comedy | Fantasy | Romance

Plot:

Pod is a man without a dream. He's a country bumpkin who comes to work at a tinned sardine factory in Bangkok...

Plot Keywords:

Bangkok | Based On Novel

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Mahasamut Boonyaruk	...	Pod
Saengthong Gate-Uthong	...	Jin
Sawatwong Palakawong Na Autthaya	...	Yhod
Nattha Wattanapaiboon	...	Kong - the Motocycle Taxi Driver
Raenkum Saninn	...	Grandmother
Pakapat Bunsomtom	...	Tik
Pattareeya Sanitwate	...	Nawng Ma'am
Phasin Maloyaphan	...	Muay
Chuck Stephens	...	Peter / Andre (as Chuck Stephen)
Akranee Inyotha
Butsara Ong-art
Sukhon Khanjaroen
Manoon Thaiyanan	...	Pod's Father
Thatsanai Chaisap
Gerard Fouquet	...	Foreign Teacher

Also Known As:

Citizen Dog (International: English title)

Runtime:

Thailand:100 min

Country:

Thailand

Language:

Thai | Thai

Color:

Color

Certification:

South Korea:15 (original rating) | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12 (re-rating)

Filming Locations:

Bangkok, Thailand

Company:

Five Star Production Co. Ltd.

Trivia:

Chuck Stephens, who portrays Peter/Andre, also worked on the English subtitles for the film (with Bangkok Post film critic Kong Rithdee).

The love story of an ordinary person will be an amazing thing in this city.

"An amazing thing will occur to Bod, and Jin will make it happen"

Wisit Sartsanatieng turned Bangkok into a city of romance, comedy and spectacular fantasy.

Bod is a normal country guy, who went to Bangkok to work in a sardine-canning factory. One day, he decided to quit his job, for his personal safety, to work somewhere else.

In this new work place he saw a pretty maid, whose name was Jin, who also came to the city to look for a dream, which she, herself, did not understand. Bod felt for Jin instantly. Every time he saw her, his world seemed to be more lively and beautiful than usual.

Citizen Dog is a colourful love story movie. The picture, as usual, is so impressive. Like Tears of the Black Tiger, the director seems to use the same techniques with this movie, by over-saturating the colours. This, though, makes the movie fantastically interesting. It is like watching a cartoon with painted characters.

There are many peculiarly funny characters in the film. Take Jin for example, she likes to organise things, she also likes cleaning whenever she sees dirty things, she will clean them at once and she always carries a book with her, although she does not know what it is all about. The other funny characters are, such as, a guy who keeps licking anything, a zombie motorcycle taxi, a talking teddy bear and a girl who is of adult age and who likes to smoke.

There is one scene which I like most in the entire movie; the director utilised plastic bottles and changed them to something surrealistically commendable. The music is brilliant as well. Overall, this movie deserves to be watched by a common human being, who has feelings. I cannot imagine anyone will dislike this lovely Thai film.

It is a shame that this film is not available with English subtitles. Hopefully, there will be a foreign film company to distribute it someday.