''By the Time It Gets Dark'', known in Thai as ''Dao Khanong'' ( th, ดาวคะนอง), is a 2016 Thai
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Anocha Suwichakornpong
Anocha Suwichakornpong ( th, อโนชา สุวิชากรพงศ์, born 1976) is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter and producer. She is Visiting Lecturer on Art, Film, and Visual Studies at Harvard University. Her ...
. It won the 2016
Suphannahong National Film Awards
The Suphannahong National Film Awards ( th, รางวัลภาพยนตร์แห่งชาติ สุพรรณหงส์, also known as the Thailand National Film Association Awards) is the primary film award of the Thai film ...
for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Editing. It was also selected as the Thai entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
90th Academy Awards
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, but it was not nominated.
Plot
The 1976
Thammasat University massacre
The 6 October 1976 massacre, or the 6 October event ( th, เหตุการณ์ 6 ตุลา ) as it is known in Thailand, was a violent crackdown by Thai police and lynching by right-wing paramilitaries and bystanders against leftist p ...
is experienced through several individuals working to create a film about the event.
Cast
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Arak Amornsupasiri
Arak Amornsupasiri ( th, อารักษ์ อมรศุภศิริ, born 2 September 1984), nicknamed Pae (), is a Thai musician and actor. He began his musical career as guitarist for the indie rock band Slur, before releasing his fir ...
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Apinya Sakuljaroensuk
Apinya Sakuljaroensuk ( th, อภิญญา สกุลเจริญสุข) is a Thai actress born on 27 May 1990. Apinya, also known as Saipan is one of the top Thai teen stars – she is an actress, product endorser, TV host and CM pre ...
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Achtara Suwan
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Visra Vichit-Vadakan
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Penpak Sirikul
Penpak Sirikul ( th, เพ็ญพักตร์ ศิริกุล; RTGS: Phenphak Sirikun), nickname Tai (), is an actress and model, well known as Thai sex symbol and model in the 70s-80s later the 2,000-year Woman.
Biography
Born in ...
Critical response
The film has a rating of 87% on
Rotten Tomatoes
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and a 73 score on
Metacritic
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.
See also
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References
External links
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2016 films
2016 drama films
Thai drama films
Thai-language films
Drama films based on actual events
Best Picture Suphannahong National Film Award winners
Films about film directors and producers
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