The Unseeable
The Thai movie poster.
Directed by	Wisit Sasanatieng
Produced by	Rewat Vorarat
Written by	Kongkiat Khomsiri
Starring	Supornthip Choungrangsee Siraphun Wattanajinda
Distributed by	Five Star Production
Release date(s)	November 2, 2006
Running time	100 min.
Country	Thailand
Language	Thai
Budget	US$2 million [1]

The Unseeable (Thai: เปนชู้กับผี or Pen Choo Kub Pee) is a 2006 Thai horror film directed by Wisit Sasanatieng. The first film of another writer's screenplay by the director, the writer is Kongkiat Khomsiri, one of the "Ronin Team" credited with directing the 2005 Thai horror film Art of the Devil 2. Wisit Sasanatieng (Thai วิศิษฏ์ ศาสนเที่ยง, born April 25, 1964 in Bangkok, Thailand) is a Thai film director and screenwriter. ... Five Star Production Co. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Thailand. ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Virgin Islands, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 3. ... // Please note that following the tradition of the English language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2006; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Wisit Sasanatieng (Thai วิศิษฏ์ ศาสนเที่ยง, born April 25, 1964 in Bangkok, Thailand) is a Thai film director and screenwriter. ...

Plot

Set in 1934 Siam, the story involves a young pregnant woman named Nualjin who's searching for her missing husband. She comes to stay in the spooky rural mansion of a widow, Runjuan. The overgrown property is managed by the stern caretaker Somchit and inhabited by a number of other people, including another young woman, Choy, who becomes Nualjin's friend, as well as an old woman, a little girl and a man who is seen at the back of the property, digging a hole. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The term trimester redirects here. ... Husband may refer to: the male spouse in a marriage a husband pillow. ... A widow is a woman whose husband has died. ...

Cast

• Supornthip Choungrangsee as Runjuan
• Siraphun Wattanajinda as Nualjin
• Tassawan Seneewongse as Somchit
• Sombatsara Teerasaroch as Choy

Origins

The Unseeable marks a change for Wisit Sasanatieng, who made his mark with the colorful western, Tears of the Black Tiger and the romantic-comedy, Citizen Dog. With his third film, Wisit was restrained by budgetary concerns from the stylizations of his first two films, but in doing so he was able to make it an homage to films of the 1930s and the stars of that era, including Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. Thai pop culture influences come from illustrator Hem Vejakorn, who wrote a series of 10-satang graphic novel ghost stories in the 1930s and '40s. The reference was so striking that the Barom Khru Foundation, which claims to supervise Hem's works, issued a statement warning Five Star Production to not violate the copyright of Hem's work. However, Wisit said the film was not an adaptation of any of Hem's works but was generally inspired by Hem's style.^[2][3] Wisit Sasanatieng (Thai วิศิษฏ์ ศาสนเที่ยง, born April 25, 1964 in Bangkok, Thailand) is a Thai film director and screenwriter. ... i like western films The Western is an American genre in literature and film. ... Tears of the Black Tiger (Thai: , or Fah talai jone, literally, the heavens strike the thief) is a 2000 Thai western film written and directed by Wisit Sasanatieng. ... Scene from the movie Mah Nakorn (English title: Citizen Dog, Thai: หมานคร) is a 2004 Thai romance film, directed by Wisit Sasanatieng and based on a story by Wisits wife, Koynuch (Siriphan Techajindawong), which was illustrated by him. ... Bette Davis (April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989), born Ruth Elizabeth Davis, was a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress of film, television and theater. ... Joan Crawford (March 23, 1905 – May 10, 1977) was an acclaimed, iconic, Academy Award winning American actress. ... A poster for a 2004 exhibition of Hems works at the Queens Gallery in Bangkok. ... The baht (บาท, symbol ฿, ISO 4217 code THB) is the official currency of Thailand. ... Trade paperback of Will Eisners A Contract with God (1978), often mistakenly cited as the first graphic novel. ... Five Star Production Co. ... A biological adaptation is an anatomical structure, physiological process or behavioral trait of an organism that has evolved over a period of time by the process of natural selection such that it increases the expected long-term reproductive success of the organism. ...

References

• Thai Cinema News, May 20, 2006. Cannes 2006 report, ThaiCinema.org.

Notes

1. ^ Rotten Tomatoes, May 23, 2006. Wisit's third project: The Unseeable.
2. ^ Rithdee, Kong. November 3, 2006. "Vintage affair", Bangkok Post.
3. ^ Rithdee, Kong. November 3, 2006. "The carnival of souls", Bangkok Post.

External links

• Official Thai site
• Official English-language site
• Synopsis at MovieSeer
• Review at ThaiCinema.org
• Review at Rotten Tomatoes
• Trailer at American Film Market