Ploy

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Ploy
Directed by	Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Produced by	Mingmongkol Sonakul Chareon Iamphungphorn Wouter Barendrecht Michael J. Werner
Written by	Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Starring	Lalita Panyopas, Ananda Everingham
Cinematography	Chankit Chamnivikaipong
Distributed by	Five Star Production Fortissimo Films
Release date(s)	2007
Country	Thailand
Language	Thai
Budget	US$2 million^[1]

Ploy (Thai: พลอย) is a 2007 Thai drama film written and directed by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, starring Lalita Panyopas and Ananda Everingham.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 References

[edit] Plot

The death of a relative brings a Thai-American couple, Wit and Dang back to Bangkok for the first time in many years. They arrive at their hotel room, and Wit goes to the lobby to buy some cigarettes. While unpacking their luggage, his wife Dang discovers a small paper with a phone number of a woman named Oye. Though she knows Wit has never been unfaithful, Dang feels strange. In the lobby, Wit meets Ploy, a young woman waiting for her mother. He invites her to rest in his and his wife's room, arousing even more feelings of suspicion and jealously with Dang.^[2]

[edit] Cast

Lalita Panyopas as Dang
Apinya Sakuljaroensuk as Ploy
Ananda Everingham

[edit] Production

Production began in February 2007. In March 2007, Fortissimo Films announced it would be executive producer of the film along with Five Star Production. Fortissimo will take care of international sales for the film, while Five Star handles distribution in Thailand.^[3]

The film reunites Pen-Ek Ratanaruang with Thai cinematographer Chankit Chamnivikaipong, who had photographed his first three films, Fun Bar Karaoke, Ruang Talok 69 and Monrak Transistor, before Pen-Ek collaborated with Christopher Doyle on Last Life in the Universe and Invisible Waves. It also is a reunion for Pen-Ek and Lalita Panyopas, who starred in the 1999 crime comedy-drama Ruang Talok 69, also known as 6ixtynin9. Ploy is budgeted at around US$2 million.^[3]^[1]

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Duo teams on Thai drama, Variety, retrieved 2007-03-20.
^ PPP & NDIF Projects 2006 (doc), Pusan International Film Festival, retrieved 2007-03-20.
^ ^a ^b Fortissimo boards Pen-ek's Ploy as co-producer, sales agent, Screen Daily, retrieved 2007-03-20.

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Films of Pen-Ek Ratanaruang

Feature films: Fun Bar Karaoke (1997) • Ruang Talok 69 (1999) • Monrak Transistor (2001) • Last Life in the Universe (2003) • Invisible Waves (2006) • Ploy (2007)
Short films: Twelve Twenty (2006) • Total Bangkok (2006)

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