Jan Dara
- 2001
- 1h 48m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
2.4K
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Jan Dara grows up in a house devoid of love, but rich in lust. He soon takes up the sinful lifestyle of his stepfather, Khun Luang, who married his mother after she was raped.Jan Dara grows up in a house devoid of love, but rich in lust. He soon takes up the sinful lifestyle of his stepfather, Khun Luang, who married his mother after she was raped.Jan Dara grows up in a house devoid of love, but rich in lust. He soon takes up the sinful lifestyle of his stepfather, Khun Luang, who married his mother after she was raped.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 8 nominations
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Santisuk Promsiri
- Khun Luang
- (as Suntisuk Phromsiri)
Wipawee Charoenpura
- Aunt Waad
- (as Vipavee Charoenpura)
Heen Sasithorn
- Hyacinth
- (as Sasithorn Panichnok)
Sukanya Kongkawong
- Saisoi
- (as Sugunya Kongkawong)
Jenjira Pongpas
- Poom
- (as Jenjira Junsuda)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaChristy Chung recalls it was a 'great, new experience' to work with the shy 16-year-old Thai actor, Suwinit Panjamawat. He was so embarrassed during their sex scenes, she claims, that he had to wear a jock strap. Chung says this garment hurt her considerably on the set, explaining rather graphically how the grinding of its fabric against her skin caused friction burns during the more frenetic moments of simulated passion. "We had to give him a few beers before rolling the camera,' she says, laughing. 'He is a very quiet boy but when it comes to action he has enormous energy. He is a wonderful actor."
- GoofsWhen Aunt Waad is putting Jan to bed, the mike's shadow drifts over the pillow and sheets on the right side of the frame as the camera moves over the foot board.
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Confusing little stinker
I had really been looking forward to seeing this film. I had seen several enthusiastic reviews of it, and I had never, as far as I can recall, seen a Thai film before. I even made a wok of Pad Thai to eat while watching it.
However, what I got was this confusing little stinker. The main character is a young man who lives in what appears to be a family compound, with includes several large houses. The family members apparently move from one of these houses to another, or from one room to another, for no apparent reason. Most of these members, along with some acquaintances, are a group of attractive women who resemble each other quite a bit, and spend most of their time listlessly having sex with the male characters, or, at least once, each other. Even a World War II air raid doesn't stop them.
Neither the male nor the female characters seem to have much else to do, except for the protagonist's father, whose main interest in life appears to be abusing his son.
The sex scenes seem to have been filmed by an experienced soft-core pornographer plenty of backs and thighs, with the just the occasional breast, nothing else. Nothing much here, or in the rest of the action as well, to hold one's interest, once one stops trying to figure out who is doing what to whom.
Furthermore, the Pad Thai didn't turn out too well. The author of the cookbook said that, in place of the fresh shrimp, chicken and pork usually used in the West, it would be more authentic to use dried shrimp and very firm tofu, both of which turned out, for my taste, anyway, to be too chewy and somewhat unpleasant. Next time I make Pad Thai, I won't try to be so authentic.
Oh, well, perhaps if I had read the original novel, or could have understood the Thai dialog, the film might have seemed less confusing and more interesting.
However, what I got was this confusing little stinker. The main character is a young man who lives in what appears to be a family compound, with includes several large houses. The family members apparently move from one of these houses to another, or from one room to another, for no apparent reason. Most of these members, along with some acquaintances, are a group of attractive women who resemble each other quite a bit, and spend most of their time listlessly having sex with the male characters, or, at least once, each other. Even a World War II air raid doesn't stop them.
Neither the male nor the female characters seem to have much else to do, except for the protagonist's father, whose main interest in life appears to be abusing his son.
The sex scenes seem to have been filmed by an experienced soft-core pornographer plenty of backs and thighs, with the just the occasional breast, nothing else. Nothing much here, or in the rest of the action as well, to hold one's interest, once one stops trying to figure out who is doing what to whom.
Furthermore, the Pad Thai didn't turn out too well. The author of the cookbook said that, in place of the fresh shrimp, chicken and pork usually used in the West, it would be more authentic to use dried shrimp and very firm tofu, both of which turned out, for my taste, anyway, to be too chewy and somewhat unpleasant. Next time I make Pad Thai, I won't try to be so authentic.
Oh, well, perhaps if I had read the original novel, or could have understood the Thai dialog, the film might have seemed less confusing and more interesting.
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- Jan 29, 2003
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- Gross worldwide
- $1,144,132
- Runtime1 hour 48 minutes
- Color
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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