HEADSHOT
synopsis
When law-abiding cop, Tul, is blackmailed by a powerful politician and accused of murder, he finds himself drawn into a downward spiral of violence, crime, betrayal, intrigue and corruption. Disillusioned and bent on revenge, he decides to change sides and become a hit man. Tul sustains a fatal gunshot wound to the head; when he wakes up after having been in a coma for three months, he sees the world literally turned upside down. Not only does his new situation give him a whole new physical outlook, it also provides him with unexpected psychological insights: Tul decides to break with his past – but this proves far more difficult than he envisages. Karma, the search for redemption, crime and punishment: when Tul gives up his job, the man who was once a hunter now becomes a hunted man. Moreover, his encounter with a mysterious woman leads to further complications…
international title: | Headshot |
original title: | Fon Tok Kuen Fah |
country: | France, Thailand |
sales agent: | Paradise City Sales |
year: | 2011 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Pen-ek Ratanaruang |
release date: | FR 31/10/2012 |
screenplay: | Pen-ek Ratanaruang |
cast: | Nopachai Jayanama, Celine Horwang, Chanokporn Sayoungkul, Apisit Opasaimlikit, Krerkkiat Punpiputt |
cinematography by: | Chankit Chamnivikaipong |
film editing: | Patamanadda Yukol |
costumes designer: | Visa Kongka |
music: | Vichaya Vatanasapt |
producer: | Raymond Phathanavirangoon, Pawas Sawatchaiyamet |
associate producer: | Emilie Georges |
production: | Local Color Films, Office of the Contemporary Art and Culture (OCAC) |
distributor: | Against Gravity, Le Pacte, Wild Side |