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Aditya Assarat’s ponderous portrait around a Thai actor's relationship traumas

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Taking its title from the Bangkok slang for ‘high society,’ Aditya Assarat’s ponderous portrait revolves around a Thai actor (Ananda Everingham) and his relationship traumas.

First he alienates his bored American girlfriend; then, dating a local girl, he can’t connect with her either.

The ambitious structure rhymes the two symmetrical halves to tease out big, if obvious, themes of class.

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Alas, Assarat’s style is contemplative to the point of somnambulist, consisting mostly of women waiting for something to happen. As a study of cultural ennui, it makes Lost In Translation look like an action movie.

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