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Ploy (Thai: พลอย) is a 2007 Thai film written and directed by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang. The film premiered during the Directors' Fortnight at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.
The drama film stars Thai actress Lalita Panyopas in a story of a middle-aged married couple who question their relationship after seven years. Ananda Everingham is featured in a supporting role as a bartender.
The film contained sex scenes that were shown at Cannes, but due to censorship concerns had to be re-edited by the director so the film could be shown in cinemas in Thailand when it opened there on June 7, 2007. The uncensored version of the film was shown in Thailand at the 2007 Bangkok International Film Festival.
The death of a relative brings a Thai-American couple, Wit and Dang, back to Bangkok for the first time in many years. Arriving at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport at around 5 a.m., they check in to a hotel in the city. Suffering from jet lag, Dang wants to sleep, but her husband Wit is restless and heads down to the hotel bar to buy some cigarettes. While unpacking their luggage, Dang finds a small paper with a phone number of a woman named Noy, and she is immediately suspicious.
Actors: Sushar Manaying (actress), Saratswadee Wongsomphet (director),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Bruce Thierry Cheung (director), Bruce Thierry Cheung (editor), Jacob Robinson (producer), Salitgaeert Jeemoon (actor), Pratya Mothan (actor), Thitima Pothaya (actor), Pitsanu Srimongkol (actor), Vittavas Teeta (actor), Natthakan Wiwatkitsakul (actor), Ananwat Phuwiban (producer), Lauren Santiago (producer), Jeremy Craig Cheung (writer), Chananon Chomphusri (actor), Tossapol Tangpitaksamer (miscellaneous crew), Songwut Chomphusri (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Ananda Everingham (actor), Kongdej Jaturanrasamee (actor), Aditya Assarat (director), Marietta von Hausswolff von Baumgarten (miscellaneous crew), Ploy Jindachote (actress), Sajee Apiwong (actress), Cerise Leang (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Petchtai Wongkamlao (actor), Petchtai Wongkamlao (director), Somlek Sakdikul (actor), Sudarat Butrprom (actress), Apaporn Nakornsawan (actress), Chantana Kittiyapan (actress), Chalerm Yamchamang (actor), Anuwat Tharapan (actor), Akamsiri Suwannasuk (actress), Waew Jokmok (actress),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Adirek Wattaleela (writer), Adirek Wattaleela (writer), Adirek Wattaleela (producer), Shahkrit Yamnarm (actor), Surachai Chetchotisak (producer), Jantima Liawsirikun (producer), Piyapan Choopetch (director), Piyapan Choopetch (writer), Kriangkai Chetchotisak (producer), Wanida Termthanaporn (actress), Thippataj Pirompak (composer), Sommai Lertulan (writer), Atthama Chiwanitchaphan (actress), Navadee Mokkhavesa (actress), Bordin Duke (actor),
Plot: Ken is a hot young superstar and the dream date of every girl. While he can attract any woman he wants, every detail of his life ends up in gossip columns and tabloid magazines. His two previous girlfriends, high-society girl Meen and innocent college student Bow, have already been exposed in the media. After dumping Meen, he is now dating hot actress Ploy and their every move is headline news. When news leaks that Ken will marry Ploy, the media goes into a frenzy and their dream life turns into a nightmare. It seems that someone is stalking them, day and night. But is it an ex-girlfriend, an obsessed fan or a vengeful paparazzi? Nimit, Ken's agent, encourages his client to take a break at a beach house at a report. But the problem only escalates when people around Ken start to disappear one by one.
Genres: Horror,Actors: Somsak Techaratanaprasert (producer), Bongkoj Khongmalai (actress), Sawit Prasertphan (editor), Ashiraya Peerapatkunchaya (actress), Prangthong Changdham (actress), Galen Tong (writer), Peter Manus (director), Suteerush Channukool (actor),
Plot: Mona's mother died, seemingly from spontaneous human combustion. She became acquainted with a nurse named Ploy, whose mother also died from the same cause. The two women embark on a quest to find out the truths about their mothers' death with the aid of an ambitious news reporter.
Keywords: spontaneous-human-combustionActors: Wouter Barendrecht (producer), Michael J. Werner (producer), Ananda Everingham (actor), Pen-Ek Ratanaruang (writer), Pen-Ek Ratanaruang (director), Apinya Sakuljaroensuk (actress), Charoen Iamphungporn (producer), Patamanadda Yukol (editor), Hualampong Riddim (composer), Kiatkamon Iamphungporn (producer), Porntip Papanai (actress), Aphiradee Iamphungporn (producer), Koichi Shimizu (composer), Lalita Panyopas (actress), Rewat Vorarat (producer),
Plot: Every relationship has an expiration date. Every relationship needs its fantasies...some more real than others... A violent death of a relative brings Wit and his wife, Dang, back to Bangkok from America, where they own a Thai restaurant, for the first time in 7 years. As soon as they arrive in Bangkok at 5.30 am. Wit and Dang check into a five-star hotel downtown. Wit finds out that he is out of cigarettes once they are inside the room. He goes down to the lobby bar. After getting his pack of cigarette from the bartender Wit decides to order a cup of coffee and smoke his cigarette there. The girl from the table in the dark corner comes to Wit to ask if she could borrow his lighter. Wit hands her his lighter. Then she asks if she could borrow one cigarette too. The girl sits down and lights up one of his cigarettes and they somehow strike up a conversation. Wit learns that her name is PLOY. This is how our little tale of love and jealousy begins. A highly detailed psychological drama with three strangers locked inside one hotel room. It starts with subtle suspicions and builds up to hilarious jealousy, as the appearance of the young woman triggers the couple to suddenly realize how they had grown apart in their seven-year marriage, before reaching a devastating climax. In the final act, the couple is faced with the choice of going separate ways or turns around and embraces each other for a new beginning.
Keywords: bathroom, chambermaid, character-name-in-title, cigarette-smoking, depression, dream, hotel, hotel-room, jealousy, melancholyActors: Kohtee Aramboy (actor), Kom Chauncheun (actor), Kavee Tanjararak (actor), Somphong Kunapratom (actor), Khwannapa Reuangsri (actress), Duangrudee Boonbumroong (actress), Visa Sarasas (actress),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Pakphum Wongjinda (director), Pakphum Wongjinda (writer), Kanya Rattapetch (actress), Pantila Fuglin (actress), Sumonrat Wattanaselarat (actress), Wongthep Khunarattanrat (actor), Chidjan Rujiphun (actress), Thanothai Euamornrat (actor), Amornpan Kongtrakarn (actress), Atchara Sawangwai (actress), Suleeporn 'Napapa' Tantragul (actress), Baworapoj Jaikanta (actress), Sutprat Eungtragul (actor), Buanphot Jaikanthaa (actor), Chatchawan Sida (actor),
Plot: A big group of freshman students go out of town. On the journey, their bus has to cross a creaky old river bridge which is the only way to get to the center of a dark forest. When the bus is halfway across, the bridge collapses and the bus falls deep into the river more than 50 meters from the surface. Nearly all the students are killed. The remaining students walk into the forest until they discover a mysterious, abandoned town. The students are cruelly murdered one by one. Only the survivor will be able to explain it all.
Keywords: gore, splatter, teen-horror, thailandActors: Andy Lau (actor), Wai Chiu Chung (editor), Tung-Shing Yee (producer), Andy Lau (producer), Reila Aphrodite (actress), Takako Tokiwa (actress), Ridley Tsui (miscellaneous crew), Henry Lai (composer), Chi-Sing Cheung (writer), Daniel Lee (director), Daniel Lee (writer), Inthira Charoenpura (actress), Phattana Sansumran (miscellaneous crew), Man Yee Chan (actress), Clement Mak (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: After a 13-year imprisonment in Hong Kong, Mong Fu returns to Thailand to discover that his girlfriend had died and had left him a daughter, Ploy. With the help of Sister Mioko, a caretaker for orphans, Fu and Ploy begin the long hard road to know each other. However, a Thai boxing promoter tells the truth about why Fu went to prison. It turns out that Fu, who is a former kickboxer himself, killed a kickboxing champion outside the ring. In an attempt to bring honor back, Fu challenges the current champion in a fight. Meanwhile, a relationship begins to ensue between Fu and Sister Mioko.
Keywords: boxing, father-daughter-relationship, kickboxing, orphan, orphanage, thailand