Fun Bar Karaoke

Fun Bar Karaoke
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPen-Ek Ratanaruang
Written byPen-Ek Ratanaruang
Produced byDhiranan Sukwibul
Starring
CinematographyChankit Chamnivikaipong
Edited byAdrian Brady
Patamanadda Yukol
Music byAmornbhong Methakunavudh
Distributed byFive Star Production
Release date
  • 27 August 1997 (1997-08-27)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryThailand
LanguageThai

Fun Bar Karaoke (Thai: ฝันบ้าคาราโอเกะ or Fan ba karaoke, literally "dream crazy karaoke") is a 1997 crime-comedy directed by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang. The film had its world premiere at the 1997 Berlin Film Festival for which Pen-Ek was credited as "Tom Pannet". It screened in the festival's Forum section.

Plot

Pu is a young woman who is having some bad dreams. Her father, meanwhile, has fallen in love with a karaoke bar hostess girl named Yok who's the girlfriend of a mobster. A hitman named Noi is then dispatched to kill the father, and Pu ends up falling in love with Noi.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ ฝันบ้าคาราโอเกะ | FUN BAR KARAOKE
  2. ↑ Morris, Ron. "Bangkok Dispatch: Thailand's New Wave Cinema - A talk with maverick filmmaker Pen-ek Ratanaruang". Future Frame. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2025-10-14.
  3. ↑ Berlin Film Festival archives, Fun-Bar-Karaoke Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine (retrieved September 13, 2006)