OK Baytong
OK Baytong is a 2003 Thai drama film about Buddhist-Muslim relations in southern Thailand. It is written and directed by Nonzee Nimibutr.
Plot
Tum is a young man who has been a monk living in a Buddhist monastery in Thailand since he was 5 years old, but after hearing that his sister has been killed in an attack on a train by insurgents, he decides to leave the monastery and make his way to southern Thailand, where his sister ran a beauty salon in a town called Betong, in a district in Yala Province, on the border with Malaysia.In looking to put his sister's affairs in order, Tum finds himself conflicted. His sister has a daughter, by a Muslim man who lives on the Malaysian side of the border. He is torn between running his sister's business, and taking a larger role in her child's life.
In addition to his duties to his sister, Tum deals with internal conflict regarding his romantic and sexual attraction for a woman, as well as his feelings regarding Muslims, whom he holds responsible for his sister's death.
Cast
- Phoovarit Phumpuang as Tum
- Jeeranan Manojam as Lynn
- Saranya Kruengsai