Twelve twenty

2006

Digital 2006

Pen-ek RATANARUANG | Korea | 2006 | 30min | DigiBeta | Color | Short

SYNOPSIS

3. Twelve twenty
You see her checking in at the opposite check-in counter. You cannot help yourself but falling in love immediately. You get your boarding pass but she is gone. You go through immigration. You buy your wife her favorite perfume. Then you go and relax in the first class lounge waiting to board. You shut your eyes. You wake up and realize you are already on the plane. Your heart stops. She is sitting in the seat next to you, by the window. You and her will spend the next twelve hours and twenty minutes reading, drinking, eating, watching movies and sleeping by each other’s side- just like a married couple. In fact, you won’t even have a word with each other. Bon voyage!

DIRECTING INTENTION

Originally, we wanted to explore this micro love story in its real time, which is twelve hours and twenty minutes. But we abandoned the idea when we learn that this was supposed to be a short film.

DIRECTOR
Pen-ek RATANARUANG

Pen-ek RATANARUANG

Pen-ek RATANARUANG Ratanaruang was born in 1962 in Bangkok. He is one of the most remarkable directors in the recent film world and is a leading figure of emerging Thailand. He studiedart history at Pratt Institute in New York.His first feature film  premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in 1997 and was shown at a half dozen other festivals. His fourth film  won the best actor award for Tadanobu Asano at the Venice Film Festival and was Thailand’s submission to the 2003 Academy Awards. This year his recent film  which stars Japanese actor Tadanobu Asano and Korean actress Kang Hye-jung heroine of  was invited at Berlin Film Festival for the competition section. 
1997 < Fun Bar Karaoke > 
1999 < Sixty nine >
2002 < Mon-rak Transistor >
2003 < Last Life in the Universe >
2006 < Invisible Waves >
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