Ruang Talok 69
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| Ruang Talok 69 (6ixtynin9) | |
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 The cover to the Palm Pictures DVD. |
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| Directed by | Pen-Ek Ratanaruang |
| Produced by | Pen-Ek Ratanaruang |
| Written by | Pen-Ek Ratanaruang |
| Starring | Lalita Panyopas |
| Cinematography | Chankit Chamnivikaipong |
| Editing by | Patamanadda Yukol |
| Distributed by | Five Star Production |
| Release date(s) |  November 19, 1999 |
| Running time | 118 min. |
| Country | Thailand |
| Language | Thai |
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Ruang Talok 69 (Thai: เรื่องตลก 69, English: 6ixtynin9), is a 1999 Thai crime film written and directed by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang. It is the second feature film by the Thai writer-director. It stars Lalita Panyopas, a popular star of Thai soap operas.
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[edit] Plot
Tum, a secretary at finance company, is having a very unlucky day. With the economy failing, her company is forced to lay people off. Her boss has the workers shake numbered sticks from a can to determine who must leave. Tum draws one of the unlucky numbers.
Back at her apartment building, she finds the elevator is out of order, and is somewhat bothered by a young man who is a little too helpful. She is nonetheless accommodating and friendly.
Once alone, though, she envisions all kinds of suicidal scenarios, including drinking household cleaning chemicals or blowing her head off with a handgun.
Her luck changes for the weirder the next morning when she discovers an instant noodle box in front of her door. It is filled with 500 baht bills. Apparently it's been left there because one of the numbers on her apartment, 66, flips upside down, so it appears she is in apartment 69. Soon after, a couple of thugs from a Muay Thai camp ask her if she has seen the box. They force their way into her flat, only to be killed, accidentally.
Tum decides to get rid of their bodies, get a plane ticket, obtain a fake passport and visa, take the noodle box with her and go spend the rest of her life somewhere else.
But the gangster, Kanjit, who makes fake passports happens to be the very guy she must stay away from. And there's a nosy neighbor, Pen, who believes Tum stole her handsome young policeman lover. Also, there's Tum's friend, Jim, who's distraught over her boyfriend cheating on her.
The bodies stack up inside apartment 66, and Tum must figure out a way to get rid of them.
[edit] Cast
- Lalita Panyopas as Tum
- Black Phomtong as Kanjit
- Tasanawalai Ongarittichai as Jim
- Sirisin Siripornsmathikul as Pen
[edit] References
- Morris, Ron. 2000. "Bangkok Dispatch", Future Frame (retrieved October 17, 2006).
[edit] External links
- Ruang Talok 69 at the Internet Movie Database
- 6ixtynin9 at All Movie Guide
- Thai Film Database synopsis
- Ruang Talok 69 Review at Lunapark6.com
| Pen-Ek Ratanaruang |
| Feature films |
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| Fun Bar Karaoke (1997) | Ruang Talok 69 (1999) | Monrak Transistor (2001) | Last Life in the Universe (2003) | Invisible Waves (2006) |
| Short films |
| Twelve Twenty (for the 2006 Jeonju International Film Festival) |
| Other related articles |
| Christopher Doyle | Cinema of Thailand | Nonzee Nimibutr | Prabda Yoon | Tadanobu Asano | Wisit Sasanatieng |
