Tears of the Black Tiger
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| Directed by | Wisit Sasanatieng |
| Produced by | Pracha Maleenont Brian L. Marcar Adirek Wattaleela Nonzee Nimibutr |
| Written by | Wisit Sasanatieng |
| Starring |
Chartchai Ngamsan Stella Malucchi Supakorn Kitsuwon Sombat Metanee |
| Music by | Amornbhong Methakunavudh |
| Cinematography | Nattawut Kittikhun |
| Edited by | Dusanee Puinongpho |
| Distributed by |
Five Star Production Magnolia Pictures |
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110 minutes |
| Country | Thailand |
| Language | Thai |
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| Released | 2000 |
| Genre | Big band jazz, easy listening pop |
| Length | 38:20 |
| Label | BEC-TERO Entertainment |
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Tears of the Black Tiger (Thai: ฟ้าทะลายโจร, or Fa Thalai Chon, literally, "the heavens strike the thief") is a 2000 Thai action-adventure film written and directed by Wisit Sasanatieng. The story of a tragic romance between Dum, a fatalistic, working-class hero, who has become an outlaw, and Rumpoey, the upper-class daughter of a provincial governor, it is equal parts homage to and parody of Thai action films and romantic melodramas of the 1950s and 1960s.
The film was the first from Thailand to be selected for competition at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, where it was critically hailed. It was screened at several other film festivals in 2001 and 2002, including the Vancouver International Film Festival, where it won the Dragons and Tigers Award for Best New Director. It also won many awards in Thailand for production and costume design, special effects and soundtrack.
Critics have noted the film's stylized use of color and conspicuous violence, and have compared it to the revisionist westerns of Sergio Leone and Sam Peckinpah. It has also been compared to the works of such directors as Douglas Sirk, John Woo, Jean-Luc Godard, Sam Raimi and Quentin Tarantino.
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