The Thai gay film "Malila: The Farewell Flower" conveys the two protagonists, Kiyowa and Pipa, who have a deep love for each other and an open-minded concept of death, especially the married husband who left the family for her boyfriend who was cancerous, forcing many viewers to cry. Director Anucha Boonyawatana confirmed that there was indeed a deceased friend who died of cancer and hoped to commemorate him through the film.
▲ Stills from "Farewell to Jasmine". (Photo courtesy of Gagaoolala, same below)
"Farewell to Jasmine" is directed by "Blue Hour" director Anucha Pennyawatana, and starring Sukollawat Kanarot, two male gods in Thailand, and Anuchit Sapanpong, the two boldly and completely naked passionately intertwined in the film, touching interpretation of sincere gay love, and won the Busan Film Festival Asian Film Window Kim Ji-wook Award, golden horse film festival Nippak Award and other honors.
"Farewell to Jasmine" tells the tragic love of the two protagonists, Kiyoshi and Pipa, Qing works on a jasmine farm, Pipa is a traditional Thai flower ornament offering with jasmine buds and petals Baisri handmade master, the two had a relationship many years ago, the original appointment eloped to the big city, But Qing retreated and married a wife and daughter. Later, Qing's younger daughter unfortunately died, and his wife also left him, after learning that the returning Pi suffered from cancer, he tried to make up for the guilt of Pi, and decided to temporarily go out of the house to prolong The life of Pi Jide, so that the two can finally stay together.
In fact, the whole film of "Farewell to Jasmine" revolves around the Thai traditional blessing flower Baisri, conveying the two protagonists Kiyoshi and Pipa's deep love for each other and the open-minded concept of death, and generously comparing the life and death of heaven and earth and true love. The two reunited many years later, because Baisri opened the atrium, they met naked in the dim bathroom to bathe, and used saliva as a "natural lubrication" to intertwine, the passion index broke the table, boldly showing the bodybuilding figures of the two sunshine gods.
Director Anuchaponiyawatana was selected for the Berlin Film Festival for his first feature film,"The Blue Hour", and was nominated for 11 awards, including the Thai National Film Association Award for Best Picture, which was well received by all walks of life; the second feature film "Farewell to Jasmine" continued the gay love and life and death theme of the previous work, and once again received a wide range of responses and awards.
"Farewell to Jasmine" forced many viewers to cry, and the title of the end of the film set off a discussion, director Anucha Pennyawatana once came to Taiwan to participate in the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival interviewed to explain the truth, "Even the most beautiful things will pass away with time." This film is dedicated to a very good friend, who is the name that appears at the end of the film (Chaiwut Intasaro), who died of lung cancer at a very young age, and his death caused a great impact on me."
Sograva Canano is a popular Thai actor and singer, and has appeared on the cover of men's magazines with his bare chest and back, and his bodybuilding figure is clear; Anutut sa Pan Peng is a dancer, also a singer, and is named the "Prince of Smiles". The two attended the Busan Film Festival with the director, and Anu Ko said: "The shooting process was fun, the weather was very hot, and there were many things he never acted in, such as being naked in front of everyone, and losing weight for the play to figure out the appearance of the disease." Suglawa said: "The shooting location in northern Thailand is close to his hometown, and it makes him happy to be able to go home during filming, and the director and Anuhu helped him a lot to get into the role."