RED ANINSRI OR TIPTOEING ON THE STILL TREMBLING BERLIN WALL

Ang, a trans prostitute with a pretty, feminine voice, is assigned to her irregular job, an undercover spy. She disguises herself as a cis-masculine man to form a romantic relationship with Jit, a belligerent yet idealistic student activist with an evil voice. Ang needs to extract the important information regarding the whereabouts of Miss Josh, a Hong Kong-Uighur activist taking refuge in Thailand. Apolitical at first, Ang is slowly awakened by Jit to see the other world where people speak in another way.

“Red Aninsri plays with two elements. First is the dubbing technique, since in Thai Cold War spy films every actor were dubbed by the voice that suits their roles, so hero sounded heroic and the villain villainous. The second is the spy genre, the genre that, to me, perfectly encapsulates the Cold War mentality. With these two elements, I’d like to explore how even though the Cold War has already officially ended, the Berlin Wall was destroyed and Soviet Union was dissolved, this Cold War mentality still lives on, at least in the mind of Thai ruling class.”

DIRECTOR, SCREENPLAY: Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke. CINEMATOGRAPHY: Pakorn Yooin, Jiraphat Vinagupta. FILM EDITING: Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, Chonlasit Upanigkit, Aekaphong Saransate. SET DESIGN: Ranon Kamplean. MUSIC: Theerapat Wongpaisarnkit. SOUND: Apitape Thaoanon, Nawapon Waitanomsup. CAST: Sarut Komalittipong, Atikhun Adulpocatorn, Ornanong Thaisriwong, Pathavee Thepkraiwan, Teeraphan Ngowjeenanan, Kullakan Kinrakhon.