Sawasdee Bangkok

Sawasdee Bangkok (Thai: สวัสดีบางกอก, เสน่ห์กรุงเทพ; lit. 'Hello Bangkok, Charming Bangkok') is a 2009 Thai omnibus film directed by nine directors produced by Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) and TPBS. The story about lifestyles of people in Bangkok, it is divided into nine segments.

Sawasdee Bangkok
Thaiสวัสดีบางกอก, เสน่ห์กรุงเทพ
Directed byBhandit Rittakol
Wisit Sasanatieng
Prachya Pinkaew
Rutaiwan Wongsirasawad
Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Aditya Assarat
Santi Taepanich
Chookiat Sakveerakul
Kongdej Jaturanrasamee
Produced byBMA
TPBS
StarringSupakorn Kitsuwon
Sine Jaroenpura
Bongkoj Khongmalai
Tanthai Prasertkul
Arak Amornsupasiri
Winai Bandurak
Nopacahi Jayanama
Ploy Horwang
Louis Scott
Ananda Everingham
Tharatip Sridee
Jenjira Jamniansri
Namo Tongkumnerd
Distributed byTPBS
Release date
  • September 2009 (2009-09) (Bangkok Film Festival)
CountryThailand
LanguageThai

Summary

TitleActor, ActressDirectorPlot
มาหานคร (Maha Nakhon; "Coming to the city")Supakorn Kitsuwon, Sine JaroenpuraBhandit RittakolSonn an Ang Thong farmer won on the last two numbers in a lottery. He traveling to Bangkok for the first time with his wife Mai in hopes to photograph the Wat Phra Kaew. They have gone to many places where people say that it is a real landmark of Bangkok. But finally he and his wife met the true meaning of the word "Bangkok".
ทัศนา (Tussana; "Visually")Bongkoj Khongmalai, Tanthai PrasertkulWisit SasanatiengNa the blind girl earns a living selling a lottery under the bridge. She desperately wants to see. Until one day, she met the angel who acted like her eyes.
กรุงเทพมหาเสน่ห์ (Krungthep Mahasane; "Charming Bangkok"
Prachya PinkaewDocumentary film present the story of the diverse lifestyles of people in Bangkok with humor and satire.
หลงแต่ไม่ลืม (Long Tae Mai Luam; "Lost but not forgotten")Arak Amornsupasiri, Winai BandurakRutaiwan WongsirasawadAed a retired musician aged over 60 traveling by bus. He met a young musician on the bus and lost to the Woeng Nakhon Khasem. Where his memories in the old days come back again.
Silence
Nopachai Jayanama, Ploy HorwangPen-Ek RatanaruangTeenage girl hangout on a nightclub. It happened that her car was broken down. She can not repair it. She faced a dumb looking horrible, she scared and expelled him, but he refused to go. Eventually, she meets the truth that makes her feel guilty.
Bangkok Blues
Louis Scott, Ananda EveringhamAditya AssaratTwo young men are friends. One is upset because his girlfriend broke up. Then invite another one to follow. The another one likes to sounds record the events that occur at different times.
กรุงเทพที่รัก (Krungthep Theerak; "Bangkok my love")
Santi TaepanichDocumentary film interviews of people in Bangkok from monks to kathoeys.
พี่-น้อง (Phi-Nong; "Sisters")Tharatip Sridee
Jenjira Jamniansri
Chookiat SakveerakulUrn a young girl in junior high school there is secretly jealous towards Ann her old sister, who is a beautiful gymnast of school. Ann has a perfect girl. Urn tried to do everything possible to find a weakness that could have been his sister's failure, and when Ann is about to have a boyfriend. Urn tried to destroy, but then she found out. Indeed, her sister. Including parents love her more than anything.
ผีมะขาม (Phi Makam; "Tamarind ghost")Namo TongkumnerdKongdej JaturanrasameeA young man has slept with a prostitute at the shabby motel, he and she talked. Along with walking from Sanam Luang to Ratchadamnoen Avenue at night there, she told her story to him. Finally, he is not sure whether she is a human or a ghost.

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