BANGKOK NITES

By Katsuya Tomita/ Thailand, Laos, Japan, France/2016/ 183 min

Thaniya Road, a red-light district in Bangkok is frequented only by Japanese men. Luck is one of the reigning queens there. She had fallen in love with a poor ex-Japanese soldier. During a short stay, together, in her homeland near the Laotian border, her boyfriend starts dreaming of a quiet life in this little village, but becomes aware of the scars left by colonialism.

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  • March 5, 2017 · 6:00 pm
  • Bophana Center
  • CIFF