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Citizen Dog is a film of genre Drama directed by Wisit Sasanatieng released in USA on 15 october 2006 with Pen-ek Ratanaruang
Citizen Dog (2004)
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Add to a movie listCitizen Dog (Thai: หมานคร; RTGS: Ma Nakhon; [mǎːnákʰɔːn]) is a 2004 Thai romance film, directed by Wisit Sasanatieng and based on a story by Wisit's wife, Koynuch (Siriphan Techajindawong), which was illustrated by him. The second film by the director of Tears of the Black Tiger, it is a colorful story set in contemporary Bangkok, where a boy (Pod) without a goal in life falls in love with a girl (Jin) who lives for her dreams. The film is frequently compared with the French movie Amélie. One of the main themes of the movie is that people will only find something from the moment when they stopped looking for it.
The movie has been distributed outside Asia by Luc Besson's EuropaCorp.
^ Phataranawik, Phatarawadee (December 10, 2004), "Thereby hangs a tail", The Nation.
Synopsis
Pod is a country boy who moves to Bangkok, despite his grandmother's warning that he'll grow a tail. He finds a small house to live in and takes a job in a sardine cannery, getting rides to work on the back of a motorcycle taxi, the rider of which has been made a zombie after one day it rained motorcycle helmets and he wasn't wearing one.Actors
Pen-ek Ratanaruang
(Narrator (voice))
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