On a dark and stormy night, the police race to find the person responsible for a massacre in an isolated area in northeast Thailand…. as the trailer shows.
Ahead of its release on Netflix on July 27, Netflix’s first Isan-dialect film, “The Murderer” is set in the northeastern region of Thailand, known as Isan, and features local characters from the area.
Both the lead and supporting actors are of Isan descent and proficient in speaking the dialect to authentically portray the characters to give viewers a window into the region’s culture and dialect.
According to director Wisit Sasanatieng, Isan films tend to be simple rural comedies but The Murderer combines murder mystery, dark comedy and stylised visuals to break out of this mould. Packed with dark comedy, irony and satire, on the surface, The Murderer might seem like a typical Thai comedy, but the…
