Jan Dara (2001 film)
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The Thai VCD cover.
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| Directed by | Nonzee Nimibutr |
| Produced by |
Peter Chan Nonzee Nimibutr |
| Written by |
Nonzee Nimibutr |
| Starring |
Suwinit Panjamawat Christy Chung Eakarat Sarsukh Wipawee Charoenpura Patharawarin Timkul |
| Music by | Chartchai Pongprapapan Pakawat Waiwitaya |
| Cinematography | Nattawut Kittikhun |
| Edited by | Sunij Asavinikul |
| Distributed by | Tai Entertainment |
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Release date
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September 12, 2001 (Canada) September 28, 2001 (Thailand) |
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Running time
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113 min. |
| Country | Thailand |
| Language | Thai |
Peter Chan
Jo Jo Yuet-chun Hui
Nonzee Nimibutr
Sirapak Paoboonkerd
Jan Dara (Thai: จัน ดารา) is a 2001 Thai erotic-period-drama film directed and co-written by Nonzee Nimibutr and co-starring Hong Kong cinema actress Christy Chung. It is based on a novel by Utsana Phloengtham. The film premiered at the 2001 Toronto International Film Festival. In Thailand, the film was controversial because its sex scenes tested the censorship bounds of the 1930 Film Act.
Jan is a boy growing up in 1930s Siam in a wealthy, dysfunctional family where sex has a huge impact on everyone's lives. Jan Dara is viewed by his father, Khun Luang, as cursed, since his mother died giving birth to him. The abusive Luang is a womanizer who has sex with many women in front of the portrait of his late wife.
The younger sister of Jan's mother, Aunt Waad, is brought in to care for Jan. Luang has sexual relations with her, which causes young Jan to be jealous, since he has developed feelings for Waad. Waad and Luang have a daughter, Kaew, who is the apple of Luang's eye. From the beginning, he spoils her and teaches her to hate the "bastard Jan". Waad, in return, treats Jan like her own son and despises the bratty Kaew.
Later, another of Khun Luang's women, the sophisticated nymphomaniac Boonlueang, moves into a guesthouse on the estate, and she teaches Jan his first lessons in the ways of love.
Jan is then framed for the rape of Kaew, who was having relations with the son of one of the family's maids. But it is Jan who ends up punished for Kaew's transgressions. Later, it emerges that Kaew is pregnant, with the seed of her own father. To smooth over the damage to the family's reputation, Jan is asked to return to the family estate and is forced into an arranged marriage with his half-sister Kaew. He does so, as long as he is promised the deed to the estate, which he views as a form of vindication against his father for the abuse he endured from him during his childhood.
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