Ploy
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| Directed by | Pen-Ek Ratanaruang |
| Produced by | Chareon Iamphungphorn Kiatkamon Iamphungporn Wouter Barendrecht Michael J. Werner |
| Written by | Pen-Ek Ratanaruang |
| Starring |
Lalita Panyopas Pornwut Sarasin Apinya Sakuljaroensuk Porntip Papanai Ananda Everingham Thaksakorn Pradabpongsa |
| Music by | Hualampong Riddim Koichi Shimizu |
| Cinematography | Chankit Chamnivikaipong |
| Edited by | Patamanadda Yukol |
| Distributed by |
Five Star Production Fortissimo Films |
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105 minutes |
| Country | Thailand |
| Language | Thai |
| Budget | $2 million |
| Box office | $436,809 |
Ploy (Thai: พลอย) is a 2007 Thai film written and directed by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang. The film premiered during the Directors' Fortnight at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.
The drama film stars Thai actress Lalita Panyopas in a story of a middle-aged married couple who question their relationship after seven years. Ananda Everingham is featured in a supporting role as a bartender.
The film contained sex scenes that were shown at Cannes, but due to censorship concerns had to be re-edited by the director so the film could be shown in cinemas in Thailand when it opened there on June 7, 2007. The uncensored version of the film was shown in Thailand at the 2007 Bangkok International Film Festival.
The death of a relative brings a Thai-American couple, Wit and Dang, back to Bangkok for the first time in many years. Arriving at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport at around 5 a.m., they check into a hotel in the city. Suffering from jet lag, Dang wants to sleep, but her husband Wit is restless and heads down to the hotel bar to buy some cigarettes. While unpacking their luggage, Dang finds a small paper with a phone number of a woman named Noy, and she is immediately suspicious.
In the hotel bar, Wit meets Ploy, a young woman who says she is waiting for her mother to arrive from . The two bond over coffee and cigarettes, and Wit then invites Ploy to come up to the hotel room, where she can take a shower and rest while she awaits her mother. Up at the room, Dang opens the door and sees Ploy. To the girl, Dang is pleasant and friendly, but to her husband, she is seething with anger and jealousy. She has bouts of suspicion, followed by hallucinations / nightmares. Fitfully, the three people try to sleep. Dang and Wit discuss their seven-year marriage, and wonder why the love has gone out of it.
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