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Rattana Pestonji

Rattana Pestonji

Directing

Biography

Rattana Pestonji was a Thai film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer and is regarded as the father of contemporary Thai film. Although his filmography was brief, his films placed Thai cinema on the world stage. He also pushed for innovations, and was one of the first Thai directors to use 35-mm film. He died just as he was giving a speech to government officials to call for support of a domestic industry he saw as coming under threat from Hollywood films.

Known For

Country Hotel
6.3

Noi runs a rural bar and guesthouse called the Paradise Hotel. He tends bar and arm wrestles any challengers. The hotel, which has only one room, already has a guest, a man named Chana. Chana is annoyed that the hotel plays host to various musical groups, including a man who sings European opera, another man who practices the trombone, a Peking opera troupe, a Filipina ballad singer and a brass band that accompanies two bare-knuckles boxers.

Country Hotel

1957
Forever Yours
7.0

A forbidden love story of Yupadee and Sangmong who believe that love is forever. Yupadee is a beautiful lady who married to Papho, an old but wealthy man who owns the Camp Wood in Kampangpetch province.

Forever Yours

1955
Dark Heaven
N/A

A poor orphan girl, Nien, is on the run after stealing some food that a wealthy man had purchased to feed some dogs. She takes refuge with a singing garbage collector named Choo, who hides Nien in his garbage cart while the wealthy man and a policeman search for the girl. Choo then takes Nien back to his humble shack and gives her shelter. The pair fall in love, but their romance is cut short when he is drafted into the army and sent off to war.

Dark Heaven

1958
Black Silk
6.2

Seni, a club owner, is under pressure by a rival, Wan, to pay an outstanding loan. Upon hearing that he has a long-lost brother named Sema, Seni sends his loyal lieutenants, Tom and Pon, to visit Sema, only to find that Sema has died. Seni decides that he can use the situation to his advantage, and buries Sema's body in a forest.

Black Silk

1961
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N/A

Jaroenkesa, the owner of 'Kesajaroen', a shop that sells hair loss treatment, wants to pay back his debt of kindness to his dear Indian friend, whose formula is responsible for the company's prosperity, by hiring Manas, his good-for-nothing son, to marry Namtarn, the daughter of his dear friend, for two-million baht.

Sugar Is Not Sweet

1965
Panthai Norasingh
N/A

A story from the chronicles about Panthai Norasingh, who was praised for his honesty after crashing the King's royal barge into a tree branch to save his life from planned assassination, hence requesting his own execution to uphold the palace's rules.

Panthai Norasingh

1950
Santi-Vina
6.3

Set in a picturesque rural area, Santi-Vina is a story of doomed romance between a blind man and a beautiful girl, with a Buddhist element in the mix.

Santi-Vina

1954
Dear Dolly
N/A

After her father is arrested for murdering his cousin, a young toddler falls into the hand of two lower class men who do everything in their power to reunite her with family members.

Dear Dolly

1951
The Diamond Finger
N/A

A yaksha gets revenge on the devadas who insulted him with the help of his diamond finger. Told through traditional khon dancing.

The Diamond Finger

1958
Dharma Chakra: The Wheel of the Law
N/A

Documenting the discovery of a large stone chakra in Nakhon Pathom.

Dharma Chakra: The Wheel of the Law

1964
Thailand
N/A

Showcasing a variety of Thai culture.

Thailand

1958