Citizen Girl

Director: Chatrichalerm Yukol
This classic film from Prince Chatrichalerm Yukol was made in 1984 and is about Thongpoon Khokpoh, a convict just out of prison looking for his son. His son refuses to meet him as he was left alone for many years. His father was in prison and his mother lives abroad with a foreigner. Thongpoon wishes to get reunited with his son. The movie deals about the lack of freedom for ex prisoners, i.e. difficulty of reinsertion into society, the difficulty in finding a job, and the image that an old convict will always be a bad man. He sympathizes with a young girl, who is a pickpocket and a glue sniffer. His mission is to get in touch with his son and along the way he gets mixed up with the police and the Thai mafia. Filmed all over Bangkok including Pat Pong's Superstar bar and disco it gives a great idea of what it was like in 1984.

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