Jan Dara

2001 [THAI]

Drama / Romance

13
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 34% · 2 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 34% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 2620 2.6K

sexuality erotic movie siam 1930s

Plot summary

Jan is a boy growing up in 1930s Siam in a wealthy, dysfunctional family where sex has a huge impact on everyone's lives. Jan is viewed by his father as cursed, since his mother died giving birth to him.

Director

Nonzee Nimibutr Photo
Nonzee Nimibutr

Top cast

Wipawee Charoenpura Photo
Wipawee Charoenpura as Mrs. Waad / Jan Dara's aunt / Luang's wife
Christy Chung Photo
Christy Chung as Khun Bunlueang / Luang's mistress
Sukanya Kongkawong Photo
Sukanya Kongkawong as SaisoiSaisoi / Ken's girlfriend
Santisuk Promsiri Photo
Santisuk Promsiri as Khun Luang / Jan Dara's stepfather
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
1.02 GB
1280*720
Thai 2.0
NR
Subtitles th  
24 fps
1 hr 53 min
Seeds 4
2.08 GB
1920*1080
Thai 5.1
NR
Subtitles th  
24 fps
1 hr 53 min
Seeds 11

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by cliff-19 6 / 10

Good story, too much sex and glamor

Nonzee Nimibutr is by far my favorite Thai filmmaker. I loved Nang Nak and OK Baythong, so I was looking forward to this.The sex is so relentless and so relentlessly loveless, it makes the film bleakly ugly where somber reflection (as in Nang Nak) would work much better.And how can a 31-year-old glamor star (Christy Chung) play a 50-something "mia noy" with no wrinkles? Implausible! My wife insists that the film we saw on DVD could NEVER be screened in Thailand. She thinks it was made for a foreign market, esp. Hong Kong and Taiwan. Any comments, "pheuan Thai"?
Reviewed by bernard_sinai 6 / 10

sex, lesbian, thai, rape, jan dara, bastard,

This Thai film tells the story of a young boy named Jan whose mother dies in childbirth. The boy's 'father' seems to hold a very strong hatred for the child and does not pass an opportunity to mistreat him. As he becomes of age, he starts to learn about life and sexuality. His view of sex becomes more like a sport. And as he continues his life he starts to become more and more like the person he despises the most – his 'father'.This film is told as a narrative and explores the customs, taboos and traditions that many societies bare. As we get deeper into the film, we begin to understand the pressures Jan is faced with and consequences of his actions.In the end as he begins to understand his origins, we also understand why his 'father' hates him so much and why his aunt Waad seems to love him as he were her own.Overall, this film is a dark melodrama filled with high sexual tension, depravity and moral decay and is definitely not for the conservative and religious zealots.
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