![]() I’m interested in exploring the more subtle structural violence of institutions that populate our every day in this nation. How that can affect people who live here. We explore the relationship of the Thai people's political and royal history, the effect of the grandeur of the biggest fairytale that has been told in our lifetime. ![]() ![]() How can that happen? The answer probably lies in a story that has been a cloud over Thailand for ages. We live in a land where history has been held high up as sacred scripture, untouched by any narratives. Ultimately, the conservative confronts a long-denied truth about her beliefs in society, democracy, royalty, the changes in her country but whether she chooses to act on it is another thing.Ĭould you love someone with different politics to you? While the text of this film is particularly rich with the history of Thailand, the depiction of how political polarisation separates people is a universal one for our ever-divided world. ![]() As the two get reacquainted, we hear opposing political views and understand why they broke up as tempers flare and they clash. Thai politics and history come under examination in director Aim-ei POLPITAK’s debut film as she sets up a meeting between two former lovers with different political views, a conservative woman (Nantanat THAKUDKUL) who is soon to be married to a man in a month, and her ex-lover, a radical progressive lesbian journalist (Chayatanus SARADATTA). ![]()
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I related to Ruth when she said at some point she noticed she stopped looking in the mirror very much. How’s your buddy? The Mirror? Friend or foe? It’s funny how age reflects our inner thoughts with our relationship with ‘the mirror’. ![]() My inner critic was ‘still’ - at every age and stage systematically judgmental. I looked in the mirror and said, “gee, your skin is smooth and your tight little body beautiful”…īefore skin cancer took 1/2 of my nose- in my 60’s -before my eyebrow hairs were thinning-before my head-hair was thinning-(now at age 70), before muscle loss-before an ounce of flab. It was my first stab at trying on the natural mature aloof sexy thing… I remember the day and looking back at those photos now - I can say, I was pretty cute…. I ‘remember’ photos of myself at my ‘Sweet 16’ birthday party - my all white V-neck halter top -barely covered much of my skin at all - and those all white pants … The relationship with our face as we age is - if you think about this much at all - varies from person to person.Īs I contemplate my own face - and body through the ages, I admit it’s easier to draw a blank - go numb- avoid - avoid - avoid! ![]() |