Genres
The Forest (ป่า)
Overview
A new teacher arrives at a small village in rural Thailand. He has just left the monkhood and has taken a job at the local school in a quest to discover life outside the monastery. He finds that one of his pupils is a mute girl who is being bullied by the other children in the class. Both the teacher and the girl must face the challenges and cruelties of the real world. The girl retreats into a fantasy world, finding solace in the forest with a strange wild boy. The teacher struggles to bring her back, whilst at the same time himself questioning the world of reality. The worlds of fantasy and reality clash with tragic consequences.
Key Crew
Director: Paul Spurrier
Writer: Paul Spurrier
Producer: David Allen Cluck, Peter C. Green, Nirattisai Kaljareuk, Robert A. Neft, Paul Spurrier, John C Williamson
Top Cast
Asanee Suwan
Preecha
Wannasa Wintawong
Ja
Tanapol Kamkunkam
Boy
Vithaya Pansringarm
Village Headman Vithaya
Thidarat Kongkaew
Nittaya
Natpatson Lhakkum
Waan
Pongsanart Vinsiri
Headmaster
Ramphai Wintawong
Ja's Father
