Product Details

• Actors: Anchalee Saisoontorn, Supphasit Jansen
• Directors: Aditya Assarat
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Language: Thai
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: KINO VIDEO
• DVD Release Date: March 3, 2009
• Run Time: 92 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B001LLA77S
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #75,752 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Wonderful Town (Ws Sub)" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Review

Aditya Assarat s attention to minute detail and ravaged architecture screams Antonioni... but his ability to switch from dreamy to ugly in a heartbeat suggests A SINGULAR VOICE IN THE MAKING... --David Fear, TIME OUT NY

Product Description

OFFICIAL SELECTION: NEW YORK, ROTTERDAM AND PUSAN FILM FESTIVALS

WINNER: TIGER AWARD: BEST FILM ROTTERDAM

Wonderful Town, writer-director Aditya Assarat s (delicate, delightful, and nearly note-perfect debut feature - Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com), follows Ton, a young Bangkok architect dispatched to oversee a building site in a seaside Thai resort town. There, he meets and gradually falls for Na, a shy and pretty inn-keeper who is equally drawn to Ton. The couple s deceptively tranquil romance takes root and grows, but it is in the aftermath of appalling tragedy. The sleepy tempos and empty streets of Na s picturesque village are the result of devastation from the 2004 tsunami: a tidal wave that swept away 8,000 people in a single day and left a ghost town in its wake. As the young couple s relationship flourishes amidst the ruins, the true toll of the catastrophe that brought them together comes to the surface, and Wonderful Town evolves from a (dreamy and oddly disturbing - Time Out New York) romance to a (touching thriller - (NY Post). Employing (surpassingly lovely filmmaking... that lets each emotion, thought and subtle effect flower, then fade away - Nathan Lee, New York Times), Assarat depicts Ton and Na s increasingly fragile and ultimately tragic idyll with a graceful acuity and focused subtlety that parallels survival with loss and love with rage.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Town DVD, April 1, 2009

By	J. Sayson "j1tanamera" (Vancouver, BC CANADA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Excellent movie from an indie ~
This Thai film is set in a small town in the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami. Though it has been three years since the event, Takua Pa is still recovering from the catastrophe, and its inhabitants are experiencing that same difficulty. An architect (Supphasit Kansen) appears in town to help, but he builds an unexpected romance with the beautiful proprietor of a small hotel (Anchalee Saisoontorn). WONDERFUL TOWN marks the directorial debut of Aditya Assarat.

A great lesson to be learned from those who have suffered through a catastrophy ~ (Katrina victims).