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#1168
My Rating:
8
Seen It:
Yes
(23.06.2004 Lillebil (SF))
#1168
My Rating:
8
Seen It:
Yes
(23.06.2004 Lillebil (SF))
Action, Drama
He fights like a man so he can become a woman.
Beautiful Boxer, the acclaimed debut of Thai director Ekachair Uekrongtham, brilliantly captures the intensity of an underdog sports saga and weaves it with the poignant, impassioned drama of finding one's identity in the telling true-life story of Parinya Charoenphol, a transgendered kick boxer whose winnings from fighting in the ring funded his sex-change operation. The film tracks Charoenphol, affectionately known as Nong Toom, from his childhood, where he first discovered his feminine side, to his youth in a monastery to an arduous training program and eventually his championship bouts, where he would don makeup and drag. Spectacularly choreographed kickboxing kick boxing scenes are interspersed with the sometimes funny and always touching story of Toom in his quest to realize his dream of sexual reassignment. The New York Times said, "Its blazing emotional core is the real-life boxer Asanee Suwan's joyously physical performance," which won Suwan the Thai equivalent of Oscar's Best Actor. An unforgettable film that will inspire, delight and provoke.
Thailand / Thai
| Asanee Suwan | Nong Toom/Parinaya Charoemphol |
| Sorapong Chatree | Pi Chart |
| Orn-Anong Panyawong | Nong Toom's mother |
| Nukkid Boonthong | Nong Toom's father |
| Sitiporn Niyom | Nat |
| Kyoko Inoue | Herself |
| Keagan Kang | Jack |
| Yuka Hyodo | Japanese fan |
| Somsak Tuangmkuda | Pi Moo |
| Tanyabuth Songsakul | Tam |
| Sarawuth Tangchit | Nong Toom |
| Natee Pongsopol | Nong Toom |
| Samnuan Sangpali | Anaconda |
| Natawuth Singlek | Ramba |
| Pat Sasipragym | Hercules |
| Denkamol Kiatbussaba | Power King |
| Ittipol Varuthirakorn | Samson |
| Lampangchai Kiatsunanta | Mountain Top |
| Payakpanlan Kiatmongeorn | Night Tiger |
| Pi Day | Cabaret show girl |
| Kyoko Inque |
| Director | Ekachai Uekrongtham |
| Producer | Ekachai Uekrongtham |
| Writer | Desmond Sim; Ekachai Uekrongtham |
He fights like a man so he can become a woman.
Beautiful Boxer, the acclaimed debut of Thai director Ekachair Uekrongtham, brilliantly captures the intensity of an underdog sports saga and weaves it with the poignant, impassioned drama of finding one's identity in the telling true-life story of Parinya Charoenphol, a transgendered kick boxer whose winnings from fighting in the ring funded his sex-change operation. The film tracks Charoenphol, affectionately known as Nong Toom, from his childhood, where he first discovered his feminine side, to his youth in a monastery to an arduous training program and eventually his championship bouts, where he would don makeup and drag. Spectacularly choreographed kickboxing kick boxing scenes are interspersed with the sometimes funny and always touching story of Toom in his quest to realize his dream of sexual reassignment. The New York Times said, "Its blazing emotional core is the real-life boxer Asanee Suwan's joyously physical performance," which won Suwan the Thai equivalent of Oscar's Best Actor. An unforgettable film that will inspire, delight and provoke.
| Edition Details | |
| Release Date | 2003 |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes | 1 |
| Personal Details | |
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Notes
Sterk film om et fascinerende menneske.