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pega ele, frita ele, faz pure

O filme é bem bacana num geral, aborda temas importantes decorrentes do bullying, como o suicidio e a omissão dos funcionários diante deste cenario. Sei que as leis da Coreia são diferentes das nossas, mas todo o bullyng poderia ter sido evitado se esse moleque tivesse levado uma surra desde o inicio, não precisava nem ter sido da professora.

Quando a mãe dele apareceu no filme, fiquei torcendo para o ovo mole dar uma surra nela, mulher nojenta, é por causa dela que o filho dela é do jeito que é. Achei que teria muito mais cena falando do dinheiro deles e dando enfase nesse assunto, mas tipo teve alguns frames e foi isso, o que justificaria todo o medo que todo mundo tinha de denunciar. Tambem achei que deveria ter mais pessoas que odiassem esse mimado, mas aparentemente é só na escola que ele apronta, o que não faz o menor sentido.

O final foi bem inesperado, não achei que eles fossem lutar no meio da escola. Em uma cena da professora dando aula, ela fala de como a união faz a força, meio que dando a entender que se todos os alunos denunciassem isso iria acabar. Não entendi o fato de ele ter apanhado na frente de todo mundo ter feito ele ir preso, nesse caso a professora que deveria ir presa por estar batendo em um menor, e porque a mãe dele não fez nada para encobrir o caso ja que denunciaram bem depois da luta?

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[O canalha que eu amei]

O meu gaydar não errou nessa.

– Kyu Nam, acha que o sul será o paraíso?
Acha que vão deixar você ser livre, sem se importarem com sua origem?
Não existe tal paraíso.
– Pelo menos posso falhar.
Posso fazer o que quero e falhar, tentar novamente e falhar mais um pouco.
Não é ótimo?
Não podemos nem falhar aqui.
Vou até lá para falhar o quanto quiser.
– Acha que não havia nada que eu desejava fazer?
Trata-se apenas de viver.
Lutar é inútil.
– Só irei descobrir se é verdade quando eu me desafiar.
– Vá, e falhe o quanto quiser.

[Para Kyu Nam
Tema uma vida sem sentido, não a própria morte.
Feliz aniversário. de: Irmão pianista.]

Vivi muito tempo me sacrificando. Desperdicei dias a fio sem um pingo de ambição. mas tive esse pensamento de querer algo, mesmo que seja muito pequeno, posso realizar isso sozinho. Acho que queria me ver nesse estado. Esse era meu sonho. Então eu realizei meu sonho? Estou feliz? Sinceramente não sei. A vida ainda é difícil e às vezes choro sem motivo. mas consigo reunir minhas forças nesses momentos. Não posso simplesmente ficar parado. É por isso que estou feliz agora.

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me hizo BOLSA pero otra coronación de gloria

Me parece una locura que haya una pelicula hongkonesa gay de los 90s en la que actua Leslie Cheung situada en ARGENTINA. MI PAÍS MI PAÍS. Esta película se siente hecha para mi bldo.
Si bien, siempre que veo estas películas siento que mis papás se estan peleando, aca se sintió DEMASIADO real para mi. Ese es literalmente el apartamento de mi abuela dios. La señora esa que puteaba a todos es mi tia. Podía SENTIR que los dos chabones estos se estaban peleando en frente mio. Me podía visualizar en ese mismo espacio. Aparte, obvio, que la actuación es un 10/10.


Yo no habia ni nacido en los 90s, pero realmente puedo decir que representaron a la perfeción el entorno de ese entonces. Un detalle que me gusto mucho fue que se menciona como se arreglaban los gays en ese entonces. Cosas como los encuentros en los baños o los cines.


Entiendo completamente porqué es un clásico. Es buenísima. No sé de que otra manera describirlo pero es muy real.

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Podría ser una obra maestra, pero no

El mayor problema de la película es que no resuelven prácticamente nada, principalmente creo que mi confusión (o interrogantes) recae sobre ella y sus relaciones del pasado.

Me he pasado la película en un estado de confusión intentando entender lo que estaba pasando y lo único que hacían era sumarle más interrogantes a la ecuación, por ello he tenido varios momentos de aburrimiento mientras la veía.

No soy ni directora ni escritora, pero he visto muchas películas japonesas que también eran así de confusas, pero al final llegaba la solución a todos tus problemas y te hacían sentir de una manera increíble.

Aquí un poco de spoiler por si alguien lo lee y quiere intentar hablar del tema conmigo:

Voy a suponer que la mente de ella borra (u oculta) aquellos momentos «traumáticos» para ella y por eso cree que aquellos chicos «desaparecían» cuando ella se confesaba. Su mejor amigo sabe de esto, entonces ¿por qué no le ayuda? ¿Por qué simplemente le da a veces «pistas» de que no lo está recordando todo como debe ser? Creo que él es el niño pequeño que la llama cuando ella sale corriendo de la habitación en busca de Kouno, ¿quizás él tiene algo también? Puesto que hablan mucho de que él no entiende lo que es el amor o que no se enamorará.

Por otro lado, ¿los ve a todos como Kouno porque él fue su primer amor y es la forma que tiene su mente de ocultar aquellas experiencias desagradables? Supongo que esta podría ser la razón puesto que ella piensa desde un principio que él le salvó la vida cuando estaba a punto de morir de pequeña (esa escena tampoco la entiendo mucho).

El Kouno que olvida las cosas al dormirse cada día, ¿es el original? Quiero creer que es así para resolver mis dudas, puesto que él es el único que no «desaparece» cuando confiesan que se quieren mutuamente. Además, en la última escena él dice «recordar» que algo así ya había pasado anteriormente.

He visto otras películas que tratan el tema de la amnesia anterógrada, preciosas por cierto, en las cuales al principio no entiendes qué ocurre, pero después te enteras y es maravilloso ver como se desarrollan los personajes y su relación con el paso de los días. Por ello, sí me encantó esa parte en específico de la trama. Esa relación que intentaban llevar Rino y Kouno a pesar de tener que empezar de nuevo cada día.

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Que final ruim

Ainda bem que demorei para ver o primeiro, pois pude assistir a essa continuação logo no dia seguinte.

Fiquei feliz em ver o Kim Woobin em mais de 2 produções no ano, depois do câncer ele ficou um pouco sumido, mas aparentemente 2024 foi o ano de comeback dele com força.

Gostei que o So Jisub não voltou como vilão, pois deu abertura ao desenvolvimento de novos personagens. Particularmente adorei os gêmeos feiticeiros nesse segundo filme, ainda mais depois que eles vão para o futuro e ficam presos na esteira, quase nunca vi alguma produção que faça o isekai reverso, por que pior do que ir para o passado, é ir do passado para o futuro, isso me lembrou a franquia de filmes De Volta para o Futuro, e aquele outro dorama com a namorada do Kim Woobin, a Shin Mina, Tomorrow With You.

Sobre o final, deixou muito a desejar. Fiquei com receio de não dar tempo de terminar a historia em dois filmes e ter que fazer um terceiro, pois faltando menos de 30 min para acabar o filme e nada tinha dado certo ainda. No fim das contas, conseguiram fazer o vírus não disparar, mas para que toda a historia do filme não se repita, a IA Thurnder explode ele, junto com o Kim Woobin pai, o vírus e o ET vilão, deixando a bucha para a coitada da protagonista. Levaram os gêmeos e o par romântico da protagonista de volta para a era deles, no entanto nos últimos minutos de filme o fdp do menino me volta para o presente e acaba o filme, pronto final aberto.

Ai que raiva, poderiam ter feito mais meia hora de filme, para mostrar os dois como casal reconstruindo a vida juntos, ou passar anos depois, para dar um desfecho real para a historia, mas não tinha que ter final aberto.

Outro ponto que não gostei, foi o fato do Kim Woobin ter dado o poder dele para esse sonso desse menino, que passou a vida inteira dele sem saber de nada disso e, fazer pouco caso disso. Além dos gatos não terem falado que na verdade era a IA Thunder quando encontraram a protagonista, se ele tivesse falado não teria tido metade do filme, pois eles passam a maior parte do filme procurando esse trem.

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Le fait que «Silenced» soit tiré d’une histoire vraie, rend ce film encore plus terrible, déchirant et inhumain. Ce que traversent ces enfants, il n’y a pas de mots pour le décrire, rien qui ne pourrait être assez fort pour l’exprimer. Je m’attendais à ce que cette histoire soit difficile à regarder, mais pas à ce point. J’ai passé les deux heures qu’il a duré à vouloir prendre ses enfants dans mes bras pour les protéger, et vouloir faire payer ceux qui les ont blessés, ainsi que tous ceux qui les ont aidés, directement ou non. J’espère sincèrement que ceux qui ont été victimes de tout ceci vont mieux maintenant, et qu’ils ne sont pas seuls, mais bien entourés. Pour ce qui est du film lui-même, je le conseille vivement ! Oui, il est difficile à voir. Non, je ne le regarderai pas de nouveau. Mais ces enfants méritent que leurs histoires soient connues, et les acteurs, que ce soient ceux connus comme Gong Yoo, ou les enfants, ont tous joués avec brio ! «Silenced» est vraiment un de ces films qui ne peut laisser indifférent !

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«Where Your Eyes Linger» parle de deux amis qui, socialement, ne sont pas égaux. Un travaillant comme garde du corps pour le second, qui lui, vient d’une famille riche. Ils ont toujours été ensemble, l’un veillant sur l’autre comme une ombre. On les voit dans leur amitié, mais aussi, on voit les sentiments inavoués, la jalousie, la douleur d’un amour cru non-réciproque, etc. Ces sentiments sont parfaitement mis en avant dans ce mini-drama ! Avec une très bonne histoire, une alchimie encore meilleure, ce drama a rapidement capté mon attention… Même l'OST est excellente !

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«Sweet & Sour» suit la relation de deux personnes, et les changements que celle-ci subit lorsqu’une de ces personnes se voit transférer à un poste plus loin de chez lui, les forçant tous les deux à avoir une relation longue distance. Ce film est actuellement assez réel, on ne suit pas une histoire parfaite, ou quoi que ce soit. Non, on voit les problèmes qui s’accumulent, que ce soit quelque chose de simple, comme la fatigue et le traffic pour se rendre au travail, à d’autres bien plus complexes. Les acteurs ont été excellents, et le retournement final, fut une vraie surprise ! Malgré tout, j’avoue que ce ne fut pas mon film favoris, un des sujets étant quelque chose que je n’apprécie pas du tout (infidelité, même émotionnelle) même si j’ai passé un bon moment.

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A viagem que é esse filme não ta escrito

Comecei a assistir o filme por puro impulso, pois tinha acesso a ele há bastante tempo, mas nunca tive coragem de assistir, sempre achei muito viajado. Sabia pouco do filme, vi trechos dele no tiktok, especificamente da cena daquele ovo alienígena soltando tentáculos nas pessoas, achei ruim. Olhei a capa do filme e vi a Kim Taerin, por isso baixei, mas nunca tive a audácia de clicar no play.

Anos depois, dei uma chance, e meus amigos eu estava certa, é um filme para se ver chapado. Você não da nada o filme inteiro, até mesmo na ultima cena eu ainda estava desacreditada de como um filme com um orçamento, nas alturas não foi engavetado? Com um elenco de peso com ninguém menos que Kim Woobin e So Jisub, que só o cache deve ser absurdo. E oq dizer do CGI? Esse filme tem muitos efeitos especiais por ser fantasia, além do figurino que também não deve ter sido nada barato. O pessoal estava mesmo apostando nesse filme.

Internacionalmente falando, nunca ouvi ninguém citar esse filme, certamente não faz o tipo de muitas dorameiras. Com muitas cenas de ação e de luta, é um filme que com certeza deve ser visto chapado, ainda mais por ter 2h30 de duração com um final aberto.

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Ação e Comédia na Mesma Medida e Responsabilidade

Officer Black Belt é um filme emocionante de artes marciais que impacta com suas sequências de ação cheias de adrenalina e uma trama envolvente. Ambientado em uma cidade com grande indice de criminalidade, o filme acompanha a jornada de um oficial de artes maciais dedicado que se vê envolvido em uma batalha contra uma organização criminosa implacável. Conforme a tensão aumenta, os espectadores são levados a uma montanha-russa de lutas emocionantes e momentos de suspense que os mantêm na ponta da cadeira.

A coreografia das cenas de luta em Officer Black Belt é simplesmente espetacular, com os atores exibindo suas habilidades marciais de maneira impressionante. As sequências de combate corpo a corpo são realizadas com precisão e estilo, aumentando a autenticidade e intensidade da ação. Cada cena de luta é coreografada com perfeição, tornando-as visualmente cativantes e emocionalmente envolventes, já que o público se conecta com os personagens e suas batalhas.

Além das impressionantes cenas de ação, Officer Black Belt conta com um elenco talentoso que entrega performances fortes ao longo do filme. O ator principal, Kim Woobin, encarna o papel do policial com convicção e carisma, enquanto o elenco de apoio traz profundidade e complexidade à história. A química entre os personagens é evidente, atraindo os espectadores para o emaranhado de alianças e rivalidades que moldam a narrativa. O squad tambêm deve ser mencionado com muito carinho aqui nesta resenha, pois entregaram tudo!

No geral, Officer Black Belt é imperdível para os fãs de filmes de artes marciais e thrillers cheios de ação. Com suas cenas de luta dinâmicas, trama envolvente e atuações impressionantes, o filme cumpre em todos os aspectos, mantendo o público entretido do início ao fim. Seja você fã de ação intensa ou apenas aprecie uma boa história, Officer Black Belt certamente deixará uma marca e consolidará seu lugar como um destaque no gênero.

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silêncio ensurdecedor.

eu gostei bastante, confesso que no começo do filme eu fiquei meio hmmm.. porque há > muitas < partes mudas para poder representar o ponto de vista da personagem principal, no começo parece meio confuso, mas ao decorrer do filme, você percebe o quão isso deixa tudo mais intrigante e me fez entrar em pânico juntamente com a personagem quando percebi que ele estava literalmente atrás dela, mas por não ouvir nada, ela nem eu conseguimos notar a aproximação.

o final é muito bom e é algo que eu não esperava que fosse acontecer, ela foi bastante inteligente e ele foi um tolo por achar que ela era uma vítima fácil por ser surda, mas o que mais me fez refletir e pensar nesse filme é como pessoas surdas e mudas tem maior dificuldade em poder denunciar crimes, visto que a maioria das pessoas acham que elas estão 'loucas ou tendo crises' e muitas delas também não sabem linguagem de sinais, o que torna tudo mais difícil ainda, como que a vítima vai denunciar e tentar encontrar justiça se as pessoas são ignorantes e não conseguem escutar o que ela está passando? quem vai defender essas pessoas se eles não têm nem a capacidade de se comunicar com elas? isso é tudo muito triste..

ela grita por ajuda, mas ninguém consegue ou para entender o que está acontecendo, é desesperador. linguagem de sinais deferia ser obrigatórias não somente na escola, mas também para cargos públicos, principalmente policiais e médicos.

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emocionante, inspirador & triste.

eu não estava dando nada para esse filme, comecei assistir apenas para tentar encontrar algo para aliviar o meu tedio, mas agora olhando para trás, eu fico contente por escolhido dar play nesse filme, estou em uma obsessão de ver filmes um pouco mais emocional, mas esse também carrega o alivio em algumas cenas que me ajudou muito a não ficar só chorando e pensando negativamente, o personagem principal é inspirador, eu ri um pouco com ele e os amigos deles, mas quando ele se mostrou tão motivado a tentar ajudar os outros e percebeu que era aquilo que o fazia feliz, fez meu coração palpitar e eu percebi o que eu realmente quero fazer no futuro.

jogos e coisas emocionantes podem ser divertidas e ocupar nosso tempo, mas perceber que com nossas ações podemos melhorar a vida de outra pessoa e fazer ela continuar a viver mesmo nos momentos difíceis sem queremos receber nada em troca, é a maior emoção que podemos sentir e nenhum jogo ou coisas momentâneas é capaz de substituir ou igualar esse sentimento.

eu adorei cada momento do filme e chorei e sorri em várias cenas, espero que algum dia no futuro eu seja capaz de proporcionar a proteção ou algum sentimento em alguma pessoa igual o personagem principal faz.

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chorei como uma condenada *piadas a parte*.

esse filme foi... algo. no começo, eu achei que ele ia ser meio bleh porque sei como a asia normaliza bullying nas escolas e normalmente é raro ver um filme em que a vítima não é vista como a culpada, mas esse me surpreendeu muito, eu fiquei chocada com o final porque não era algo que eu estava esperando... tipo eu li a sinopse, mas eu achei que era somente sobre a primeira morte, então quando teve mais uma morte, isso me chocou muito.

não tem muitas cenas de romance, eu diria até que eles não são um 'casal' com cenas clichês e fofas no filme, visto que eles se beijaram apenas duas vezes e por circunstâncias em que ambos estavam em perigo e precisavam fazer aquilo para salvarem a si mesmo, mas eu gostei bastante desse fato de não terem ficado tanto assim em um romance tradicional e sim focado neles se acolhendo em meio todas as situações que ambos passaram, o filme te vende a imagem de que será uma garota estudiosa e toda certinha e um bad boy como um verdadeiro clichê, mas é muito mais do que isso.

na verdade, eu diria que eles são apenas dois adolescentes quebrados e cheio de cicatrizes, mas que encontrarão conforto um no outro e a vontade de continuar sobrevivendo mesmo sabendo o quão injusto o mundo é.

"você intimida ou você é intimidado". essa parte me fez chorar um pouco e lembrar de coisas do passado... o filme é muito bom, mas você tem que estar preparado para chorar bastante, na metade do filme eu estava tranquila e pensando se era só aquilo, mas quando o verdadeiro plot começou foi apenas lagrimas atrás de lagrimas, o final foi inusitado para mim, mas de uma forma boa, eu gostei de como foi e não tenho nada a reclamar a respeito disso, confesso que fiquei curiosa para saber como foram os quatro anos dela na cadeia, mas acho que seria algo que já esperávamos com ela tentando resistir e lembrando que quando saísse de lá poderia encontrar ele e assim eles poderiam recomeçar de novo em um ambiente melhor.

e não posso esquecer de escrever sobre a parte mais fofa: no final, ela protege uma aluna que aparentemente está sofrendo bullying levando a menina até a casa dela e ele segue atrás delas, mas dessa vez sem esconder o rosto, ele mante a promessa que enquanto ela estivesse protegendo o mundo e os mais fracos, ele estaria protegendo-a. ❤️

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Anusorn Soisa-ngim, the irreverent, the illusionist

Anusorn Soisa-ngim is a 35-year-old Thai man with a frank smile and happy eyes, a clean-shaven beard and modern pants and shirts as his clothing of choice, in which there is no shortage of the image of Britney Spears, which along with love is the other thing in this world that you believe in.
He looks like a high school math teacher. However, sometimes I imagine him in another way, with a wardrobe of bright colors, an earring in his ear and a bohemian air, and in his hands a banner with a motto drawn in the colors of the rainbow, in the middle of a crowd, fighting for the right to equal marriage and the end of the discrimination to which LGBT+ people are subjected in their nation, or actively participating in other protests against harassment and marginalization carried out by executives in the Thai entertainment industry.
Perhaps this way, Aam, as he likes to be called, was more similar to his film work, because Anusorn Soisa-ngim is not dedicated to teaching logarithmic equations to inattentive teenagers: his job is to be a Thai iconoclast or, what is the same, one of the most unique authors of contemporary world cinema.
From his beginnings on the big screen as a screenwriter and director, Aam showed his ways as an original creator. With great artistic skills and indie creation, he says what he thinks and, above all, tells the truth.
Eternal nonconformist and controversial to the core, but never apologetic, few filmmakers can boast in their entire careers the significance of the titles they have delivered from 2012 to date. His debut was with 'Present Perfect', a short film made during his university years, in which he filmed a story related to himself, which would be taken up five years later in a film with the same title, with which he set out to bring back to Toey and Oat, his main characters, with the aim that the audience enjoyed his realistic perspective on what he believes about love, and with the key message that if you think in a new and different way, sometimes it is much better than you expect.
It would then be followed by the films 'Bangkok Dark Tales' (2019), and 'There Is No Space for Me' (2014), the three seasons of '2moons: The Series' (Mello Thailand, 2019), the documentary 'BL Broken Fantasy ' (2020), the feature film 'Present Still Perfect' (with which the cycle momentarily closes, but another installment is planned), the film series 'Call It What You Want' (GagaOOLala, 2021), which includes 'It's Complicated', and the film series 'Till the World Ends', the latter two from 2023.
Their creations share a taste for telling realistic stories that reflect their own lives, or about how they wish society was, how they wish people would treat each other. Despite the stylistic variations between each work, one cannot escape the feeling that they point to the same essences, convictions, fears, securities, philias and intimate worldviews of the author. As if Anusorn Soisa-ngim created a portal to his mind through his filmography, because the Thai director believes in the power of telling stories, in creating content that speaks to people, that makes them feel, think and question . He ultimately believes in being unapologetically himself, no matter what the industry says.
His journey has not been easy. After graduating in 2014, the filmmaker dove headfirst into the world of glitz and glamor that is the entertainment industry, only to discover that it's more about who you know than what you can do. But here's the kicker: Instead of following their rules, Anusorn Soisa-ngim made his own. And that provoked the anger of the hierarchy.
Inspired by real events, 'Call It What You Want' reflected the pressure of the BL industry on artists: plastic surgery, strict diets and, worst of all, the suffering to which young actors are subjected when they are harassed by film producers series, in addition to the need to keep the relationships between many of the protagonists of these dramas a secret from the company and fans. This meant an attempt to silence him.
Being banned from the entertainment industry has meant for him that he is not chained to having to follow guidelines, so he can break the rules and, although he does not have money for his creations, he has been able to push the limits and create art that really means something, without fear that it may generate controversy.
Aam's cinema has as many tricks as a conjurer. Characterized by telling real, raw stories full of passion, his works are about people, life, struggles and triumphs, and that is what makes them unforgettable. His creations go from laughter to horror as they reflect the sexual harassment of young actors by executives in the entertainment industry, or the promises that giving them their bodies would guarantee them entry to Earthly Paradise; but perennially having as its main theme the romance between boys.
Always trying to be himself and, at the same time, trying to understand what the fans really want to see.
Away from fiction, but about it, in the documentary 'BL Broken Fantasy' he addresses the behind-the-scenes of BL. Starring Bright and Win, the protagonists of the famous BL 'Still 2gether', Anusorn Soisa-ngim himself and a group of directors, producers, actors and scriptwriters of the genre, including Aof Noppharnach, Vachirawit Chivaaree and Metawin Opas-iamkajorn, try answer questions such as: Where does the BL series come from? Why are Yaoi fangirls devoting themselves physically and financially to BL?
Revered in 2022 as the best-selling BL sales director, in 2023 he was the Filmmaker of the Pride Month. He was nominated twice for the Asian Contents Awards, the first in 2020 thanks to '2moons: The Series', and then the following year with his second series, 'Call It What You Want', with which he was also nominated for an award. Content Asia, for "illuminating the struggles of independent filmmakers in the cutthroat entertainment sector." This series of films reveals, through the lens of Aam Anusorn, a tapestry of challenges, triumphs, and eternal perseverance.
Known for his unique approach to storytelling, drawing inspiration from his own experiences to create stories, Aam has made a name for himself in the independent film industry, and founded his own production company, COM'ME'TIVE By Aam, while still He was in his second year at Bangkok University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in Film and Performing Arts.

'PRESENT PERFECT' AND 'PRESENT STILL PERFECT'

Aam's most notable work to date is 'Present Perfect', which he adapted from the original 2012 short film. It is considered the first Thai film to receive funding from the government of Hokkaido, Japan.
The film revolves around Toey, a young Thai man who, after a painful breakup, decides to heal his broken heart in the Japanese city of Higashikawa, where he meets Oat, a man who travels to Japan to experience freedom for the last time in his life, because he is about to get married. From strangers to friends, romance blossoms between the two. Before returning to the "real" world, the two men have to pick up the broken pieces and rebuild them.
Starring Kritsana Maroukasonti as Oat and Tonawanik Adisorn as Toey, for her 2017 debut, Aam Anusorn Soisa-Ngim drew on him own experiences to tell this romantic story that will take the viewer on a moving journey as the characters follow the simple quest of love The encounter forms a beautiful relationship between two men, because each has his own trauma.
For the filmmaker, recovering these characters, especially Oat and Toey, was like seeing himself.
Produced by Nuttachai Jiraanont, Tanwarin Sukapisit and Chen Rong Hua, the film won the Best Film Award at the Amsterdam LGBTQ Film Festival in the Netherlands and was screened at many film festivals around the world, including the World Festival Bangkok Film Festival, the Serile Filmului International Gay Film Festival, Romania, and the Western Visayas Film Festival, Philippines.
Then, the film ended inconclusively, in the airport scene in which both young people have to separate. The director faced a dilemma, when one is about to accept or delete the other's friend request. And he chose to just leave it there, because he wanted people to create their own ending. "Those were those times, in 2017, when gay marriage was something we didn't talk about in Thailand," he told the press at the time.
While 'Present Perfect' is more realistic and intended to be true to life, 'Present Still Perfect', released on March 12, 2020, offers a more idealistic view of same-sex relationships in modern Thailand, while the A pair of former lovers reunites once again on the remote island of Koh Kood.
Four years after what is told in 'Present Perfect', Toey meets Oat at the airport and all his pain returns. In an attempt to cope with her pain, he decides to travel to Koh Kood where he meets Jane (Darina Boonchu), the guesthouse owner who recently discovered that her husband was having an affair, and Kenta (Ryota Omi), a traveler from Japan who was staying at his house.
The peace and beauty of the island brought Toey joy again, but he knew he couldn't ignore her feelings for Oat forever. Until one night he receives a message from Oat about how much he missed him. Toey responds by stating that he loves him too, because deep down being with Oat is all he wants, but he is cautious, knowing that his love is forbidden. The next morning, Oat appears on Koh Kood. Now Toey has to decide whether to follow his heart and rekindle his relationship with Oat or let him go since they can never truly be together.
'Present Still Perfect' is more about how Aam wishes society was. With his dream of getting married one day still unfulfilled, the filmmaker needed his dream to come true, at least on screen. For this reason, he did not hesitate to see his characters triumph in love. "I feel like I'm already married, even though that's not the truth. So yeah, the reason I keep coming back to these characters is because I want them to be successful in love, and ultimately they were."
The sequel to 'Present Perfect' makes a clear statement in favor of same-sex marriage.
And if on the one hand, the film has contributed to changing mentalities and making visible people from the LGBT+ community and their struggles for the legalization of same-sex marriage in Thailand, it also leaves another clear message: the act of letting go, the act of forgiving. If your husband is gay and you already knew it because you have been with him for years, you have to learn to let go and accept the truth.
In 2018 he did not have the budget to film the second part because no one supported him. Then one of his fans suggested, "Why don't you go to Indiegogo.com and then do some crowdfunding?" And after a lot of thinking: "Who is going to pay me the money? I'm a nobody. Nobody cares about me. Why do I have to?", he discovered one day that he had enough money to embark on that other trip. .
On the other hand, much of 'Present Perfect' and its sequel deal with cultural differences. In 'Present Still Perfect', for example, a Japanese character explains how in Japan it is considered disrespectful to let an old woman take her seat on the bus.
However, what is truly extraordinary is the cinematographic wrapping of these topics in films and series that leave the unmistakable feeling of being unique.
This, and no other, is the key to Anusorn Soisa-Ngim's exceptionality. If we look closely, the themes are not different from those of hundreds of authors, many of them also Thai, no matter how much personal quirks are sought in their work. However, his way of conceiving stories on celluloid has such a singularity that there is no other choice but to applaud and applaud him, like the magician who has just pulled a white rabbit out of his hat.

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Anusorn Soisa-ngim, the irreverent, the illusionist

Anusorn Soisa-ngim is a 35-year-old Thai man with a frank smile and happy eyes, a clean-shaven beard and modern pants and shirts as his clothing of choice, in which there is no shortage of the image of Britney Spears, which along with love is the other thing in this world that you believe in.
He looks like a high school math teacher. However, sometimes I imagine him in another way, with a wardrobe of bright colors, an earring in his ear and a bohemian air, and in his hands a banner with a motto drawn in the colors of the rainbow, in the middle of a crowd, fighting for the right to equal marriage and the end of the discrimination to which LGBT+ people are subjected in their nation, or actively participating in other protests against harassment and marginalization carried out by executives in the Thai entertainment industry.
Perhaps this way, Aam, as he likes to be called, was more similar to his film work, because Anusorn Soisa-ngim is not dedicated to teaching logarithmic equations to inattentive teenagers: his job is to be a Thai iconoclast or, what is the same, one of the most unique authors of contemporary world cinema.
From his beginnings on the big screen as a screenwriter and director, Aam showed his ways as an original creator. With great artistic skills and indie creation, he says what he thinks and, above all, tells the truth.
Eternal nonconformist and controversial to the core, but never apologetic, few filmmakers can boast in their entire careers the significance of the titles they have delivered from 2012 to date. His debut was with 'Present Perfect', a short film made during his university years, in which he filmed a story related to himself, which would be taken up five years later in a film with the same title, with which he set out to bring back to Toey and Oat, his main characters, with the aim that the audience enjoyed his realistic perspective on what he believes about love, and with the key message that if you think in a new and different way, sometimes it is much better than you expect.
It would then be followed by the films 'Bangkok Dark Tales' (2019), and 'There Is No Space for Me' (2014), the three seasons of '2moons: The Series' (Mello Thailand, 2019), the documentary 'BL Broken Fantasy ' (2020), the feature film 'Present Still Perfect' (with which the cycle momentarily closes, but another installment is planned), the film series 'Call It What You Want' (GagaOOLala, 2021), which includes 'It's Complicated', and the film series 'Till the World Ends', the latter two from 2023.
Their creations share a taste for telling realistic stories that reflect their own lives, or about how they wish society was, how they wish people would treat each other. Despite the stylistic variations between each work, one cannot escape the feeling that they point to the same essences, convictions, fears, securities, philias and intimate worldviews of the author. As if Anusorn Soisa-ngim created a portal to his mind through his filmography, because the Thai director believes in the power of telling stories, in creating content that speaks to people, that makes them feel, think and question . He ultimately believes in being unapologetically himself, no matter what the industry says.
His journey has not been easy. After graduating in 2014, the filmmaker dove headfirst into the world of glitz and glamor that is the entertainment industry, only to discover that it's more about who you know than what you can do. But here's the kicker: Instead of following their rules, Anusorn Soisa-ngim made his own. And that provoked the anger of the hierarchy.
Inspired by real events, 'Call It What You Want' reflected the pressure of the BL industry on artists: plastic surgery, strict diets and, worst of all, the suffering to which young actors are subjected when they are harassed by film producers series, in addition to the need to keep the relationships between many of the protagonists of these dramas a secret from the company and fans. This meant an attempt to silence him.
Being banned from the entertainment industry has meant for him that he is not chained to having to follow guidelines, so he can break the rules and, although he does not have money for his creations, he has been able to push the limits and create art that really means something, without fear that it may generate controversy.
Aam's cinema has as many tricks as a conjurer. Characterized by telling real, raw stories full of passion, his works are about people, life, struggles and triumphs, and that is what makes them unforgettable. His creations go from laughter to horror as they reflect the sexual harassment of young actors by executives in the entertainment industry, or the promises that giving them their bodies would guarantee them entry to Earthly Paradise; but perennially having as its main theme the romance between boys.
Always trying to be himself and, at the same time, trying to understand what the fans really want to see.
Away from fiction, but about it, in the documentary 'BL Broken Fantasy' he addresses the behind-the-scenes of BL. Starring Bright and Win, the protagonists of the famous BL 'Still 2gether', Anusorn Soisa-ngim himself and a group of directors, producers, actors and scriptwriters of the genre, including Aof Noppharnach, Vachirawit Chivaaree and Metawin Opas-iamkajorn, try answer questions such as: Where does the BL series come from? Why are Yaoi fangirls devoting themselves physically and financially to BL?
Revered in 2022 as the best-selling BL sales director, in 2023 he was the Filmmaker of the Pride Month. He was nominated twice for the Asian Contents Awards, the first in 2020 thanks to '2moons: The Series', and then the following year with his second series, 'Call It What You Want', with which he was also nominated for an award. Content Asia, for "illuminating the struggles of independent filmmakers in the cutthroat entertainment sector." This series of films reveals, through the lens of Aam Anusorn, a tapestry of challenges, triumphs, and eternal perseverance.
Known for his unique approach to storytelling, drawing inspiration from his own experiences to create stories, Aam has made a name for himself in the independent film industry, and founded his own production company, COM'ME'TIVE By Aam, while still He was in his second year at Bangkok University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in Film and Performing Arts.

'PRESENT PERFECT' AND 'PRESENT STILL PERFECT'

Aam's most notable work to date is 'Present Perfect', which he adapted from the original 2012 short film. It is considered the first Thai film to receive funding from the government of Hokkaido, Japan.
The film revolves around Toey, a young Thai man who, after a painful breakup, decides to heal his broken heart in the Japanese city of Higashikawa, where he meets Oat, a man who travels to Japan to experience freedom for the last time in his life, because he is about to get married. From strangers to friends, romance blossoms between the two. Before returning to the "real" world, the two men have to pick up the broken pieces and rebuild them.
Starring Kritsana Maroukasonti as Oat and Tonawanik Adisorn as Toey, for her 2017 debut, Aam Anusorn Soisa-Ngim drew on him own experiences to tell this romantic story that will take the viewer on a moving journey as the characters follow the simple quest of love The encounter forms a beautiful relationship between two men, because each has his own trauma.
For the filmmaker, recovering these characters, especially Oat and Toey, was like seeing himself.
Produced by Nuttachai Jiraanont, Tanwarin Sukapisit and Chen Rong Hua, the film won the Best Film Award at the Amsterdam LGBTQ Film Festival in the Netherlands and was screened at many film festivals around the world, including the World Festival Bangkok Film Festival, the Serile Filmului International Gay Film Festival, Romania, and the Western Visayas Film Festival, Philippines.
Then, the film ended inconclusively, in the airport scene in which both young people have to separate. The director faced a dilemma, when one is about to accept or delete the other's friend request. And he chose to just leave it there, because he wanted people to create their own ending. "Those were those times, in 2017, when gay marriage was something we didn't talk about in Thailand," he told the press at the time.
While 'Present Perfect' is more realistic and intended to be true to life, 'Present Still Perfect', released on March 12, 2020, offers a more idealistic view of same-sex relationships in modern Thailand, while the A pair of former lovers reunites once again on the remote island of Koh Kood.
Four years after what is told in 'Present Perfect', Toey meets Oat at the airport and all his pain returns. In an attempt to cope with her pain, he decides to travel to Koh Kood where he meets Jane (Darina Boonchu), the guesthouse owner who recently discovered that her husband was having an affair, and Kenta (Ryota Omi), a traveler from Japan who was staying at his house.
The peace and beauty of the island brought Toey joy again, but he knew he couldn't ignore her feelings for Oat forever. Until one night he receives a message from Oat about how much he missed him. Toey responds by stating that he loves him too, because deep down being with Oat is all he wants, but he is cautious, knowing that his love is forbidden. The next morning, Oat appears on Koh Kood. Now Toey has to decide whether to follow his heart and rekindle his relationship with Oat or let him go since they can never truly be together.
'Present Still Perfect' is more about how Aam wishes society was. With his dream of getting married one day still unfulfilled, the filmmaker needed his dream to come true, at least on screen. For this reason, he did not hesitate to see his characters triumph in love. "I feel like I'm already married, even though that's not the truth. So yeah, the reason I keep coming back to these characters is because I want them to be successful in love, and ultimately they were."
The sequel to 'Present Perfect' makes a clear statement in favor of same-sex marriage.
And if on the one hand, the film has contributed to changing mentalities and making visible people from the LGBT+ community and their struggles for the legalization of same-sex marriage in Thailand, it also leaves another clear message: the act of letting go, the act of forgiving. If your husband is gay and you already knew it because you have been with him for years, you have to learn to let go and accept the truth.
In 2018 he did not have the budget to film the second part because no one supported him. Then one of his fans suggested, "Why don't you go to Indiegogo.com and then do some crowdfunding?" And after a lot of thinking: "Who is going to pay me the money? I'm a nobody. Nobody cares about me. Why do I have to?", he discovered one day that he had enough money to embark on that other trip. .
On the other hand, much of 'Present Perfect' and its sequel deal with cultural differences. In 'Present Still Perfect', for example, a Japanese character explains how in Japan it is considered disrespectful to let an old woman take her seat on the bus.
However, what is truly extraordinary is the cinematographic wrapping of these topics in films and series that leave the unmistakable feeling of being unique.
This, and no other, is the key to Anusorn Soisa-Ngim's exceptionality. If we look closely, the themes are not different from those of hundreds of authors, many of them also Thai, no matter how much personal quirks are sought in their work. However, his way of conceiving stories on celluloid has such a singularity that there is no other choice but to applaud and applaud him, like the magician who has just pulled a white rabbit out of his hat.

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