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Wonderful Town

2007 · 1h 32m · N/A Drama, Romance
Directed by Aditya Assarat

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Overview

Takua Pa is a small town in the South of Thailand. Ever since the tsunami, people have lost their jobs and remember better times in the past. One day a stranger comes to town. His name is Ton, he is an architect. He rents a room in a small hotel owned by Na. They begin to have a secret love affair. The town finds out about it, people are bored and angry. And now they have found an enemy, a person they can blame. Wit is Na's younger brother, the town gang leader. He loves his sister but cannot bear to see another person's happiness. He is the one that will lead the town to destroy this stranger.

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All reviews
86%
Tomatometer
Fresh

There's a folksy majesty to Wonderful Town, born of its leisurely pace, pastoral views of idyllic scenery and a storytelling drive set only slightly faster than slow motion. It recalls a lot of rustic, independent English-language films of the '90s

Sid Smith, Chicago Tribune
Fresh

A sensitive love story from Thailand set against the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami.

Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh

It's no small feat to pull off as sweet and sensitive a romance as that between Na and Ton, and something rarer yet to suffuse such affections into a poem of wounded landscape.

Nathan Lee, New York Times
Fresh

This delicate, delightful and nearly note-perfect debut feature from young Thai director Aditya Assarad offers more evidence of the tremendous film renaissance underway in East Asia.

Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
Fresh

Occasionally, Assarat -- who studied in the US -- drops a hint about sinister times to come, but nothing prepares the audience for what does happen.

V.A. Musetto, New York Post

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