Samui Song

Masters

  • Archive - Festival 33
  • Director: Pen-ek Ratanaruang
  • Thailand, Germany, Norway 2017
  • 108 minutes
  • English, Thai
  • Subtitles in Hebrew, English

Viyada, a Thai soap opera actress, finds herself increasingly pressured by her husband Jerome, a rich foreigner entirely devoted to a charismatic cult leader called The Holy One. Viyada has no other choice than to take the most drastic measures in order to escape from their influence.

Pen-Ek Ratanaruang’s new film is a deliciously twisty and violent thriller. The Thai maestro fuses crime-movie turns, sly social commentary, and richly developed characters, resulting in a one-of-a-kind thriller.

Filmography: Headshot (2011), Ploy (2007), Invisible Waves (2006), Last Life in the Universe (2003), Transistor Love Story (2001).

The film contains violent and graphic scenes.


  • Director Pen-ek Ratanaruang
  • Production Raymond Phathanavirangoon, Rasarin Tanalerttararom
  • Script Pen-ek Ratanaruang
  • Cinematography Chankit Chamnivikaipong
  • Editing Patamanadda Yukol
  • Festivals Venice, Toronto
  • Actors Chermarn Boonyasak, David Asavanond, Vithaya Pansringarm, Stéphane Sednaoui
  • Source Urban Distribution International, Montreuil