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Suwinit Panjamawat, Eakarat Sarsukh, Santisuk Promsiri, Christy Chung, Vipavee Charoenpura ... see more see more... , Pataravarin Timkul

Widely considered Thailand's leading director of the late '90s, Nonzee Nimibutr spins this erotic drama based on one of that country's most popular and controversial literary works. Jan Dara was curse... read more read more...d from the beginning when his mother, Dara, died during childbirth. His autocratic, libidinous father, Khun Luang, cursed and abused the child, calling him a bastard. Meanwhile, Khun Luang dealt with his sudden widower status by engaging in perverse, licentious behavior, often right in front of a portrait of his late wife. When his mother's friend, Waad, comes to Khun Luang's estate to look after the child, the patriarch wastes no time in seducing her. Soon Waad bores Kaew, who Khun Luang teaches to hate Jan Dara. Later, the old man marries his former lover, the nymphomaniac Boonlueang, who teaches the teenage Jan Dara his first lessons in the ways of love. Eventually, our abused hero is thrown out of his father's estate when Kaew frames him for raping her. Years pass and the formerly powerful Khun Luang, ravaged by age and disease, is a shell of the man he was before. Jan Dara is asked to return to his ancestral estate to marry Kaew, who is now pregnant, and only does so when he is promised the deed to the house. Once ensconced, Jan Dara begins taking the same libertine pleasures as his father, unwittingly becoming the very person he loathes. This film was an official selection for the 2001 Toronto Film Festival. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 52 min.

Directed by: Nonzee Nimibutr

Release Date: September 12, 2001

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DVD Release Date: May 10, 2005

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  • driftingarrow
    January 30, 2012
    driftingarrow
    This is one of the most depressing movie's I've watched---that is, without the redemption of making me more aware of reality. Lots of hot sex though. (Some of it's quite perverse.)

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Don Willmott
June 20, 2005
Don Willmott, Filmcritic.com

Any other thematic concern - and there are a few - is hopelessly lost in the wake of all that sweaty, mosquito-net-shrouded sex Full Review

Derek Elley
September 9, 2008
Derek Elley, Variety

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December 11, 2002
Globe and Mail

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Geoff Andrew
February 9, 2006
Geoff Andrew, Time Out

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Liz Braun
December 11, 2002
Liz Braun, Jam! Movies

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Jason Anderson
December 11, 2002
Jason Anderson, eye WEEKLY

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