Once Upon a Star is a 2023 Thai period comedy film directed by Nonzee Nimibutr and starring Sukollawat Kanaros, Nuengthida Sophon, Jirayu LA-ongmanee, and Samart Payakaroon. It was released on Netflix on October 11, 2023.
The film is set in 1970 and follows the story of a traveling pharma-cinema troupe as they journey across Thailand to entertain eager audiences by live-dubbing beloved films. The troupe consists of a group of colorful characters, including a charming leader, a talented actress, a shy projectionist, and a bumbling assistant.
As they travel from village to village, the troupe faces a number of challenges, including mechanical difficulties, financial struggles, and even a romantic rivalry. However, they persevere through it all, determined to bring the joy of cinema to everyone they meet.
Once Upon a Star is a heartwarming and nostalgic film that celebrates the golden age of Thai cinema.
Release Date
October 11, 2023
Where to Watch Once Upon a Star...
The film is set in 1970 and follows the story of a traveling pharma-cinema troupe as they journey across Thailand to entertain eager audiences by live-dubbing beloved films. The troupe consists of a group of colorful characters, including a charming leader, a talented actress, a shy projectionist, and a bumbling assistant.
As they travel from village to village, the troupe faces a number of challenges, including mechanical difficulties, financial struggles, and even a romantic rivalry. However, they persevere through it all, determined to bring the joy of cinema to everyone they meet.
Once Upon a Star is a heartwarming and nostalgic film that celebrates the golden age of Thai cinema.
Release Date
October 11, 2023
Where to Watch Once Upon a Star...
- 10/10/2023
- by Movies Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Renowned Thai horror director Sophon Sakdaphisit is back with another big-budget horror movie, titled Home For Rent, and it stars some big names in Thai cinema. Starring Nittha Jirayungyurn, Penpak Sirikul, and Sukollawat Kanarot, among others, the movie is about a woman named Ning, whose life changes after two women move into her house as tenants. When Ning’s neighbor begins to suspect that the new tenants might practice black magic and weird things start happening at her own home, Ning is compelled to get to the bottom of whatever horror has come into her life. Here’s what happens in the 2023 Thai horror film Home For Rent.
Spoilers Ahead
Why Do The Tenants Arrive At Ning’s House?
A young woman named Ning walks into her house to find it trashed and vandalized. She’s been advised by her real estate agent, Tom, to rent out the home, and that way,...
Spoilers Ahead
Why Do The Tenants Arrive At Ning’s House?
A young woman named Ning walks into her house to find it trashed and vandalized. She’s been advised by her real estate agent, Tom, to rent out the home, and that way,...
- 7/26/2023
- by Indrayudh Talukdar
- Film Fugitives
The horror thriller has topped the Thai box office for three weeks.
Sophon Sakdaphisit’s horror thriller Home For Rent, which has topped the box office in Thailand for the past three weeks, has landed sales in Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.
The film has been sold by leading Thai firm Gdh 559 to Vietnam (Cj Hk Entertainment), Hong Kong and Macau (mm2 Studios), and all Latin America and Caribbean territories (Impacto Cine).
It follows a bumper run at the box office for the feature, which opened in Thailand on April 6 to coincide with the Chakri Memorial holiday prior...
Sophon Sakdaphisit’s horror thriller Home For Rent, which has topped the box office in Thailand for the past three weeks, has landed sales in Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.
The film has been sold by leading Thai firm Gdh 559 to Vietnam (Cj Hk Entertainment), Hong Kong and Macau (mm2 Studios), and all Latin America and Caribbean territories (Impacto Cine).
It follows a bumper run at the box office for the feature, which opened in Thailand on April 6 to coincide with the Chakri Memorial holiday prior...
- 5/10/2023
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Netflix is broadening its original content output from Thailand, a country with a history of punching above its weight with original genre filmmaking, TV production and creative advertising.
Netflix has produced and released a smattering of individual originals from Thailand over the past few years — including reality series The Stranded and crime thriller Bangkok Breaking — but the lineup unveiled by the streamer at a glitzy event in Bangkok Tuesday evening represents its first full Thai slate. The slate includes four films and two series.
“From broad comedy to twisty thrillers, this is our most diverse lineup of titles to date in Thailand,” said Netflix’s director of content for Thailand, Yongyoot Thongkongtoon.
“While we explore class disparity in culinary film Hunger, pay homage to itinerant mobile film troupes in Mon Rak Nak Pak and follow the emotional journey of strangers pretending to be a family in Analog Squad,...
Netflix has produced and released a smattering of individual originals from Thailand over the past few years — including reality series The Stranded and crime thriller Bangkok Breaking — but the lineup unveiled by the streamer at a glitzy event in Bangkok Tuesday evening represents its first full Thai slate. The slate includes four films and two series.
“From broad comedy to twisty thrillers, this is our most diverse lineup of titles to date in Thailand,” said Netflix’s director of content for Thailand, Yongyoot Thongkongtoon.
“While we explore class disparity in culinary film Hunger, pay homage to itinerant mobile film troupes in Mon Rak Nak Pak and follow the emotional journey of strangers pretending to be a family in Analog Squad,...
- 10/11/2022
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
"Just a crazy idea..." Amazon has revealed the first official trailer for Thirteen Lives, the Ron Howard fictionalized movie version of the Thailand cave rescue story from 2018. Everyone knows the story! It was headline news for weeks, and they just released an award-winning documentary last year called The Rescue. Howard gives it the Apollo 13 treatment by turning it into a seriously intense feature film. A rescue mission is assembled in Thailand where a group of young boys and their soccer coach are trapped in a system of underground caves that are flooding. A team of world-class divers navigate through miles of dangerous cave networks to discover that finding the boys is only the beginning... The cast features Viggo Mortensen as Richard Stanton, Colin Farrell as John Volanthen, Joel Edgerton as Richard Harris, an anaesthetist, plus a Thai cast featuring Sukollawat Kanarot, Thiraphat Sajakul, Sahajak Boonthanakit, Vithaya Pansringarm, Teeradon Supapunpinyo, & Nophand Boonyai.
- 6/28/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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