| Fan Chan (My Girl) | |
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| Directed by | Vitcha Gojiew, Songyos Sugmakanan, Nithiwat Tharathorn, Witthaya Thongyooyong, Anusorn Trisirikasem, Komgrit Triwimol |
| Starring | Charlie Trairat, Focus Jirakul |
| Distributed by | Hub Ho Hin Tai Entertainment GMM Pictures |
| Release date(s) | October 3, 2003 |
| Country | Thailand |
| Language | Thai |
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Fan Chan (Thai: แฟนฉัน, English: My Girl) is a 2003 Thai romantic comedy film offering a nostalgic look back at the childhood friendship of a boy and girl growing up in a small town in Thailand in the 1980s. Songyos Sugmakanan (ทรงยศ สุขมากอนันต์ b Nithiwat Tharathorn (นิธิวัฒน์ ธราธร is a Thai Film director. Charlie Trairat (Thai ชาลี ไตรรัตน์ b GMM Grammy Public Company Limited ( Thai: จีเอ็มเอ็ม แกรมมี่ or G"MM' Grammy) is the largest Record label and entertainment Events 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The cinema of Thailand has a history that stretches back to early days of filmmaking, when King Chulalongkorn 's 1897 visit to Berne, Thai (th ภาษาไทย, transcription: phasa thai, transliteration:; pʰāːsǎːtʰāj is the national and The Thai Alphabet (อักษรไทย àksŏn thai) is used to write the Thai language and other minority languages in Thailand English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The year 2003 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with movies like 2 Fast 2 Furious, The Lord of the Rings The Return The cinema of Thailand has a history that stretches back to early days of filmmaking, when King Chulalongkorn 's 1897 visit to Berne, Romantic comedy films, colloquially known as romcom, are movies with light-hearted humorous plotlines centered around romantic ideals such as a True love able to The Kingdom of Thailand (ˈtaɪlænd ราชอาณาจักรไทย, râːtɕʰa-ʔaːnaːtɕɑ̀k-tʰɑj It was the debut film by six young screenwriter-directors, Vitcha Gojiew, Songyos Sugmakanan, Nithiwat Tharathorn, Witthaya Thongyooyong, Anusorn Trisirikasem and Komgrit Triwimol. Screenwriters or scenarists are Scriptwriters who write the Screenplays from which Films and Television programs are made A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. Nithiwat Tharathorn (นิธิวัฒน์ ธราธร is a Thai Film director. With a soundtrack that featured Thai pop music of the era, Fan Chan was the top domestic film at the Thailand box office in 2003, earning 140 million baht.
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Plot
Jeab, a young man working in Bangkok, receives word that his best friend from childhood, Noi-Naa is to be married. Bangkok, known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (krūŋtʰêːp máhǎːnákʰɔn) or Krung Thep ( for short is the Capital, largest While driving back to his hometown, the memories of his friendship with her come flooding back, and their story is told in a flashback. In history film television and other media a flashback (also called analepsis) is an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current
Jeab and Noi-Naa live in a small city. Their fathers are rival barbers, with shops situated next to each other, with only a sweet shop to separate them. A barber (from the Latin barba, " Beard " is someone whose occupation is to cut any type of hair give shaves, and trim Jeab's father favors efficiency and uses an electric trimmer. Noi-Naa's father, meanwhile, has a more contemplative, artistic approach, and uses scissors. Jeab notes that the results of both methods seem to be the same.
The school holiday is ended. Jeab is notorious for oversleeping, so that each day he misses the school bus and must be driven part way by his father on a motorcycle. A school bus is a Bus used to transport Children and Adolescents to and from School and school events MotorCycle is the title of a 1993 album by Rock band Daniel Amos, released on BAI Records. By taking a shortcut, Jeab and his father are able to catch up to the bus, but only just in time.
On the bus, other boys are introduced. Their ringleader is an overweight bully named Jack. Bullying is the act of intentionally causing harm to others through verbal Harassment, physical Assault, or other more subtle methods of Coercion On the bus, the children talk about what they are going to do after school. The boys decide they will play Chinese fantasy characters, while the girls plan to play "house". Chinese mythology is a collection of Cultural history, Folktales, and Religions that have been passed down in oral or written form Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting
Because Jeab must cross a busy street to play with the boys, and he fears getting hit by a car, he stays to play with the girls, which makes him the target of much taunting by Jack and the other boys.
Then, one day, Jack and his friends are playing soccer against a rival neighborhood gang. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered They are one player short. Jeab happens to be hanging around, and he's asked to join the game, proving his abilities.
He earns the trust of Jack's gang, and passes various tests in order to join. But the one thing he must do is sever his ties to Noi-Naa. Jeab does so, quite literally, by cutting a rubber-band jump rope, which Noi-Naa is skilled at playing with. A rubber band (in some regions known as a binder, elastic band, lackey band, elastic blubber, "laggy band" or gumband')
From that moment on, Noi-Naa refuses to talk to Jeab. Then, one day, Jeab gets word that Noi-Naa is moving away. And, of course, on the day she is to leave, Jeab oversleeps and misses the chance to say his final goodbye to Noi-Naa. Jeab then gets Jack and his friends to commandeer a delivery motorcycle and pursue Noi-Naa and her family in their moving truck. But the motorcycle breaks down, and the truck rolls out of sight. Jeab is to never see Noi-Naa again . . . until her wedding.
Cast
- Charlie Trairat as Jeab
- Focus Jirakul as Noi-Naa
- Charwin Jitsomboon as Jeab (adult)
- Wongsakorn Rassamitat as Jeab's father
- Arnudsara Jantarangsri as Jeab's mother
- Preecha Chanapai as Noi-Naa's father
- Nipawan Taveepornsawan as Noi-Naa's mother
- Chaleumpol Tikumpornteerawong as Jack
- Aphichan Chaleumchainuwong as Dtee
- Anyarit Pitakkul as Boy
- Yok Teeranitayatarn as Manoj
- Thana Vichayasuranan as Prik
Trivia
- Preecha Chanapai (also known as Lek Carabao of the band Carabao), who portrayed Noi-Naa's long-haired, moustachioed father, reprised his role of a barber in Dear Dakanda, a 2005 film directed by one of the six Fan Chan directors, Komgrit Triwimol. Charlie Trairat (Thai ชาลี ไตรรัตน์ b Carabao ( คาราบาว) are a Thai rock band which is very popular in Thailand and other Asian countries The year 2005 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Devil's Rejects, Cheaper
- Fan Chan was released in Indonesia in 2006 as First Love, with a soundtrack dubbed in Indonesian and featuring the country's pop music of the era. The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia. Indonesian or Bahasa Indonesia, based on the Riau version of Malay language, was declared the official language with the declaration of