''SuckSeed'' ( ''SuckSeed: Huay Khan Thep'') is a 2011
Thai comedy film
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. Directed by first-time feature director Chayanop Boonprakob,
this film stars teenage actors
Jirayu Laongmanee
Jirayu La-ongmanee ( th, จิรายุ ละอองมณี; ; born 29 October 1995), nicknamed Kao ( th, เก้า), is a Thai actor and singer. He has starred in several Thai films and TV dramas, and has done advertising and modell ...
,
Pachara Chirathivat, Thawat Pornrattanaprasert, and Nattasha Nauljam.
The film follows the antics of three
secondary school students who form a
rock
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* Rock music, a genre of popular music
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band to impress girls.
Despite their efforts, their band plays poorly and the members regularly end up as losers.
Based in part on Chayanop's
thesis
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project
short film
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about a band of young members who perform badly but insist on trying,
the film features themes of teenage dreams, friendship, romance, and their expression through music, and includes pieces of popular rock songs interspersed within the narrative as well as
cameos by several well-known musicians.
''SuckSeed'' was released in the Thai box office on 17 March 2011.
It grossed a total of 21.4 million
baht
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on its
opening weekend. In total, the film earned US$2,600,673 in the Thai box office.
Cast
Main
*
Pachara Chirathivat as Koong and Kay
*
Jirayu La-ongmanee as Ped
* Nattasha Nauljam as Ern
* Thawat Pornrattanaprasert as Ex
Supporting
* Tonhon Tantiwetchakun as Ped (young)
*
Gunn Junhavat as Tem
* Anchasa Mongkhonsamai as Som
* Adisorn Tresirikasem
References
External links
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* {{Rotten-tomatoes, id=suckseed_huay_khan_thep
2011 films
Thai comedy films
Thai-language films