#Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying

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❝What was this place before? – A home.❞ ฮาวทูทิ้ง ทิ้งอย่างไรไม่ให้เหลือเธอ Happy Old Year (2019), dir. Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit 

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AOKBAB CHUTIMON in HUNGER (2023) dir. Sitisiri Mongkolsiri || Official trailer

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ฮาวทูทิ้ง..ทิ้งอย่างไรไม่ให้เหลือเธอ [Happy old year] (Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit, 2019)

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HUNGER [2023]

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Hunger (2023)

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Hunger คนหิว เกมกระหาย (2023), directed by Sitisiri Mongkolsiri

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Bad Genius (2017)

No matter how difficult your studies might’ve been, they’ll seem like a walk in the park after Bad Genius. The cultural pressures imposed on the young protagonist make you understand why this story about an important test turns into a heist.

Brilliant Lynn (Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying) is accepted into a prestigious school. She doesn’t realize that her scholarship covered only the initial application fees, leaving her father to struggle to afford a number of additional payments that weren’t disclosed intially. Out of guilt, Lynn agrees to help some of her friends cheat during their exams, which turns into a highly profitable endeavor. As her clientele grows, so do the stakes, culminating in an elaborate scheme to steal the answers for the STIC.

The culture Bad Genius is based in makes this more than a generic heist film. While there is pressure on everyone to get good grades, the school Lynn attends takes it to another level. After Lynn and Bank (Chanon Santinatornkul) perform well in a TV competition that pits schools against each other, a gigantic banner with their portraits and achievements is hung on the side of the skyscraper-like learning institution for all to see. Talk about pressure. With the corrupt academic officials basically coercing her father into giving them more money, you can see why she succumbs to temptation and decides to help Grace (Eisaya Hosuwan). That leads to Lynn helping Grace and her boyfriend Pat (Teeradon Supapunpinyo) cheat, which leads to loads of people wanting her "help" too. There could’ve been a slight problem with this story. You might care about Lynn but all of her friends are spoiled rich idiots who couldn’t answer a multiple-choice exam if their gift of a brand new car depended on it, so where are the stakes? Thankfully, writers Tanida Hantaweewatana, Vasudhorn Piyaromna and Nattawut Poonpiriya (who also directs) are aware of this potential issue. They team Lynn up with Bank (Chanon Santinatornkul), who also desperately needs the money. He's also from a lower caste, in a country that would never give him or Lynn the chance to move up if it wasn't for this scheme.

Another element that makes Bad Genius unique is that it isn’t all about stealing the STIC answers. At first, the movie is just about Lynn figuring out how she’ll pass her messages to her classmates without the teachers figuring out what’s going on. To anyone who ever read Naruto - or watched the animated series - it’ll remind you of one of the very first chapters, where all of these wild techniques are used to do what is really just a mundane task. The thing is, the tests feel big because of what it means to the people involved.

That's great and the performances are strong. You wouldn’t even know most of the young actors are relatively inexperienced. Then, there’s the direction by Poonpiriya. The film begins with Lynn as she's being confronted about cheating on the STIC. You think the movie is spoiling itself but actually, it’s pulling a fast one on you and when we get to the reveal, it's so good I kind of want any aspiring screenwriters to see this movie just so they can add a new trick to their arsenal.

One aspect of the film that doesn’t quite match the rest is the conclusion. There’s one particular character whose allegiance changes drastically towards the end and while it isn’t completely out of nowhere, it sort of makes you wish the whole film had been done from their point of view. At the very least, you wish they had gotten more screentime so we'd seen more of their journey. There are also a few moments where the tension feels like it’s being ramped up artificially. A cell phone vibrates. Its owner is afraid to pick up because they know the message they've received is incriminating… but the person looking at them doesn’t know that. If they just looked at the phone and casually turned the screen off after two seconds, no one would be the wiser. Their reaction makes you frustrated.

Bad Genius does a terrific job making what should be a no-stakes, boring scene - students taking an exam - into a compelling drama. That alone makes it delightful. While this movie or the true events that inspired it might not get directly remade by Hollywood, it's only a matter of time before someone takes inspiration from it. I say check out Bad Genius before it’s the cool thing to do. (Original Thai with English subtitles, February 4, 2022)

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Hunger (2023)

Dir. Sitisiri Mongkolsiri

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Happy Old Year (ฮาวทูทิ้ง ทิ้งอย่างไร..ไม่ให้เหลือเธอ) dir. Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit

"Don't apologize. Live with your guilt. Don't run away. Can you do it?"

"Deep down, I was afraid you would come back. I really want to hate both of you, but I don't have any reason to do that."

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Happy Old Year (2019)

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Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying by Per Florian Appelgren for Elle Thailand, November 2022

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Serie Jahr: 2023- Genre: Drama / Romantik / Thriller Hauptrollen: Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying, Nat Kitcharit, Fah Sarika Sathsilpsupa, Ice Natara Nopparatayapon, Sarika Sartsilpsupa, Jaonaay Jinjett Wattanasin, Charlette Wasita Hermenau, Peter Nopachai Chaiyanam, Hmu Sompob Benjathikul , eegade Supawan Poolcharoen, Phiao Duangjai Hiransri, Jewly Porntip Kitdamrongchai, Dujdao Vadhanapakorn…

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AOKBAB CHUTIMON in THANK YOU FOR SHARING (2016) dir. TER NAWAPOL

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Hunger

directed by Sitisiri Mongkolsiri, 2023

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One for the Road (2021)