7/10
Tragedy or comedy?
6 March 2004
The male hero is a quiet suicidal librarian. But is he also an active (?) member of the yakuza? The female hero is a prostitute. Or is she just a waitress? Does she know magic, can she turn a driving licence from female to male version? Does the librarian die or does he make others die?

Nothing is certain here, but anyway most things takes part in "this" world (or this Thailand) anyway. The loving (?) couple might be found one by one in reality, but it's more uncertain if they would be a couple there. Or love at all. Mostly this is a black comedy, told with compassion and sympathy. But you will for a long time think about whether the end was happy or not.

Well told by director Pen-ek Ratanaruang. A story from a Thailand you don't know much about.
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