Thailand’s Pen-ek Ratanaruang and Christopher Doyle Collaborate on ‘Morte Cucina’ Thriller (Exclusive)

Renowned Thai filmmaker Pen-ek Ratanaruang is collaborating with veteran cinematographer Christopher Doyle for a new psychological thriller set in the vibrant world of Thai cuisine. Titled Morte Cucina, the film is set in Bangkok and follows Sao, a talented young female chef who has a chance encounter with a man who sexually abused her as a teenager. Sao uses her culinary skills to exact revenge, resulting in an unexpected outcome.

Co-written by Ratanaruang and Kongdej Jaturanrasamee, Morte Cucina will be Ratanaruang’s first feature since his noir crime thriller Samui Song premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2017. The project reunites Ratanaruang and Doyle for the first time since their 2003 collaboration, Last Life in the Universe, which was Thailand’s official submission to the Oscars that year and won its Japanese star, Tadanobu…