Kitarajanipon

Watch Kitarajanipon in release order: Smiles (2015), The Singers (2015), Star (2015) and Falling Rain (2015).

Four songs from His Majesty Bhumibol Adulyadej's (also known as King Rama IX) royal songbook have now inspired four leading Thai directors to interpret their spirit and meaning into four short films.

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   Smiles 2015

   A teenage boy becomes a strange figure in the eyes of everyone at school because no one has ever seen him get angry, cry, laugh, or even smile. Until he is chosen to perform in a play with the school’s beautiful and…

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   The Singers 2015

   Two elderly women from two completely different families, with vastly different social statuses and backgrounds, share one thing in common — their emotional struggles. When fate brings them together and they learn each…

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   Star 2015

   As soon as the teacher announces the search for a new flag bearer to replace the graduating Grade 6 student, a competition begins between two young boys.

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   Falling Rain 2015

   The true story of Sueb Nakhasathien, the chief of the Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, during the final four years of his life — a period in which he was determined to fight and put an end to illegal logging and…