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Wonderful Town

2007 · 1h 32m · Not Rated Drama, Romance
Directed by Aditya Assarat

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Overview

Local girl Na runs a small hotel where every day is more of less the same until Ta arrives one day. Ta is an architect from the city who has come to oversee the building of a new development and very slowly the two build a friendship that develops into something more romantic.

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86%
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Fresh

There's a folksy majesty to Wonderful Town, born of its leisurely pace, pastoral views of idyllic scenery and a storytelling drive set only slightly faster than slow motion. It recalls a lot of rustic, independent English-language films of the '90s

Sid Smith, Chicago Tribune
Fresh

A sensitive love story from Thailand set against the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami.

Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh

It's no small feat to pull off as sweet and sensitive a romance as that between Na and Ton, and something rarer yet to suffuse such affections into a poem of wounded landscape.

Nathan Lee, New York Times
Fresh

This delicate, delightful and nearly note-perfect debut feature from young Thai director Aditya Assarad offers more evidence of the tremendous film renaissance underway in East Asia.

Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
Fresh

Occasionally, Assarat -- who studied in the US -- drops a hint about sinister times to come, but nothing prepares the audience for what does happen.

V.A. Musetto, New York Post

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