AWe do it without detour: Thai cinema remains for us a terra incognita, of which only a few muscular action films or urban thrillers cross our borders. This is precisely what makes How to become rich (thanks to his grandmother) A phenomenon as unexpected as it is fascinating in our cinematographic landscape. Behind this wobbly French title-which wrongly evokes a chipping comedy-hides a cultural phenomenon that swept Southeast Asia, spraying the records at the Bangkok box office in Singapore, to make its way to the Oscars. Its original title, Lahn mah (“The grandmother’s little child”), would certainly have served this work of an unsuspected delicacy better, which, let’s say, stands out as one of the most beautiful surprises of this beginning of the year.
When greed leads to love
It all starts with M. (Putthipong Assaratanakul), an idle young man, increasing video games, who lives comfortably with the hooks of his mother Chew (Sarinat Thomas). His daily life takes place between lazinggaming and denial of family responsibilities, when one day, he sees his cousin mui inheriting the immense house of his grandfather. An unexpected heritage, which she owes to her presence by her side during her last moments. She tells him that she was his “number one person”, by offering him what neither her children nor anyone who had been able to give him: time.
So when Mr. learns that his grandmother Amah (interpreted by the incroyabl […] Read more
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