2018 · drama · thai
Manta Ray
Directed by Phuttiphong Aroonpheng1h 45m2018
Near a coastal village of Thailand, a local fisherman rescues a stranger, who does not speak a word, offers him his friendship and names him Thongchai. When the fisherman suddenly disappears at sea, Thongchai slowly begins to take over his friend's life—his house, his job and his marriage.
Our read: Manta Ray (2018) reads as a sombre, slow-burn, surreal drama · thai entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, slow-burn, measured drama / thai, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- slow-burn
- inventive
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