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 |















