PATTAYA MANIAC

Director(s): Yuthlert Sippapak
Country: Thailand
Year: 2004
Language: Thai with English subtitles
Length: 93 minutes

Program:
31 March - 20.00 hours - Rialto Amsterdam

Tun and Tao are friends who enjoy hanging out at karaoke bars. They frequently have to change venues because of Tao’s habit of belting out the heavy-metal song “Sai Lor Fah” at every opportunity. He’s not a very good singer.

One day, Tao wins in gambling and treats Tun to a night of karaoke at one of the swankier bars. Tun meets the girl of his dreams, who turns out to be a hooker and disappears into the night like a cheap Cinderella.

In their search for her, the hilarious characters bumble into a kidnapping, a 3 million baht ransom and a shadowy assassin.

Side-splitting farce from Thailand, in the vein of Tears of the Black Tiger and The adventures of Iron Pussy.