''Best of Times'' ( th, ความจำสั้น แต่รักฉันยาว, ) is a Thai romantic drama film directed by
Yongyoot Thongkongtoon and released by
GTH in 2009. Starring
Arak Amornsupasiri,
Yarinda Bunnag
Yarinda Bunnag ( th, ญารินดา บุนนาค, born 6 November 1980) is a Thai architect, singer and actress. She became known in 2001 from the song "Kae Dai Kid Teung" (), released under GMM Grammy, before leaving to study archit ...
,
Krissana Sreadthatamrong and
Sansanee Wattananukul. The film received multiple national awards and was
Thailand's submission to the
82nd Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Plot
The film features the story of Keng, a young
veterinarian
A veterinarian (vet), also known as a veterinary surgeon or veterinary physician, is a medical professional who practices veterinary medicine. They manage a wide range of health conditions and injuries in non-human animals. Along with this, vet ...
who, during giving computer classes to a group of seniors as part of a
community service sentence, comes to know an elderly couple, Jamras and Sompit, who are rediscovering romance late in life. As Keng helps Jamras and Somphit with their problems, he learns from them and forms a relationship with his former school crush and friend's ex-wife, Fai.
Cast
*
Arak Amornsupasiri as Keng
*
Yarinda Bunnag
Yarinda Bunnag ( th, ญารินดา บุนนาค, born 6 November 1980) is a Thai architect, singer and actress. She became known in 2001 from the song "Kae Dai Kid Teung" (), released under GMM Grammy, before leaving to study archit ...
as Fai
* Krissana Sreadthatamrong as Jamrus
*
Sansanee Wattananukul as Sompi
* James Alexander Mackie as Ohm
Reception
The film topped the domestic boxoffice for a while and grossed $1.4 million in Bangkok.
It received two awards for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (Sansanee Wattananukul) and Best Original Song (So I Won't Forget You), and four nominations for Best Picture of the Year, Best Director of the Year (
Yongyoot Thongkongtoon), Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (Krissana Sreadthatamrong), and Screenplay of the Year in the 19th
Suphannahong National Film Awards .
Soundtrack
* "จะได้ไม่ลืมกัน" ( So I Won't Forget You) by
Bird Thongchai McIntyre
References
External links
*
2009 films
Thai romantic drama films
Thai-language films
GMM Tai Hub films
Films directed by Yongyoot Thongkongtoon
Films about veterinarians
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