New releases that hit cinemas in Thailand this week.
Turning Red
Directed by Domee Shi.
Who’s in it?
The voices of Rosalie Chiang, Sandra Oh and Ava Morse.
What’s it about?
A thirteen-year-old girl named Mei Lee is torn between staying her mother’s dutiful daughter and the changes of adolescence. And as if the challenges were not enough, whenever she gets overly excited she transforms into a giant red panda.
Why watch it?
The number 4 is considered unlucky in Chinese culture; it sounds similar to the word for “death” in both Mandarin and Cantonese.
Pattaya Heat
Directed by Shu-peng Yang.
Who’s in it?
Ananda Everingham, Jirayu Tantrakul and Krissada Sukosol.
What’s it about?
Thot, the killer of the gang, is released from prison. He begins to work in a pizza shop Singha. Fah, his brother’s wife, fancies Thot but gets rejected by him. Singha doesn’t like…
