Bangkok Love Story

• Steamy Thai nights provide the backdrop for unbridled romance, crime and action as two men unexpectedly brave forbidden love. Maek, a cold assassin-for-hire, is sent to knock off Iht, a police informant, when in a twist of fate the killer is shot for refusing to pull the trigger. After making their escape, an indelible bond is forged when the vulnerable assassin is nursed back to health by handsom

Based on the true story of Thailand's famed transgendered kickboxer, Beautiful Boxer is a poignant action drama that punches straight into the heart and mind of a boy who fights like a man so he can become a woman. Believing he's a girl trapped in a boy's body since childhood, Parinya Charoenphol (affectionately known as Nong Toom in Thailand) sets out to master the most masculine and lethal sport of Muay Thai (Thai kickboxing) to earn a living and to achieve his ultimate goal of total femininity.un! a doppia vita nella thai boxe. i guantoni o lo smalto per le unghie?entrambe le cose vanno bene, per adattarsi meglio ad una realta' che sembra sempre offrire a nong toom il suo lato piu' spigoloso. la vicenda di un atleta maschio che impara a non dissimulare piu' la propria femminilit nemmeno sul ring potrebbe far pensare, almeno dalle nostre parti, ad uno sfoggio di fantasia irrequieta e di esotismo. al contrario, si viene a sapere che lispirazione arrivata dalle reali, tormentate vicissitudini di tale parinya charoenphol, noto in thailandia come pugile-travestito e soprannominato dal suo pubblico, pare in modo affettuoso, nong toom. questo campione dai colpi pesanti e dallanimo delicato si aggiudicato lincontro pi difficile il 5 dicembre 1999, ossia quando se ne uscito da un ospedale di bangkok vestendo finalmente un corpo femminile.Steamy Thai nights provide the backdrop for unbridled romance, crime and action as two men unexpectedly brave forbidden love. Maek, a col! d assassin-for-hire, is sent to knock off Iht, a police inform! ant, whe n in a twist of fate the killer is shot for refusing to pull the trigger. After making their escape, an indelible bond is forged when the vulnerable assassin is nursed back to health by handsome, married Iht. But as taboo feelings of desire swell between the swarthy new lovers, their relationship is discovered. Now there s no turning back as enemies, friends and lovers are pitted against each other.