Bits and pieces of veteran director Yuthlert Sippapak’s own life are mixed into Tukkae Rak Pang Mak (ตุ๊กแกรักแป้งมาก, Chiang Khan Story).

A romantic comedy, representing yet another genre shift for the prolific director who’s tackled action, comedy, horror and melodrama – often all in the same film – the story is set 25 years ago in Loei’s historic Mekong River port city. Jirayu La-ongmanee is a kid with the rather odd name of Tukkae – named after the chirping house lizard. As a kid, his best friend was the district chief’s daughter Pang. She (Chonthida “Pleng” Asavahame) moves away and returns much changed, and does not remember Tukkae at all. He’s always had a thing for her, but doesn’t tell her who he is.

Chiang Khan Story ตุ๊กแกรักแป้งมาก (2014) PAL DVD5
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