A story worth seeing

Young actor Charlie "Nat" Trairat ("Fan Chan" and "Dorm") is asking children and their families to see Bhandit Rittakol's classic 1995 drama, "Once Upon a Time … This Morning", which is screening at the 2nd International Children's Film Festival at 4.30pm on Saturday (January 26) at Major Cineplex Pinklao.

It was his first film, and he played an orphaned infant.

"'Once Upon a Time' was my first film," says Charlie, 15, who was two years old at the time. "I played an orphan baby in a pram."

In the film, Santisuk Promsiri and Jintara Sukapat portray a couple who become the baby's foster parents.

"This is a good film," says Charlie. "I feel so glad when I watch this film with my family and we share our impressions of it together."

"Once Upon a Time" is drama about a group of children from a broken home. After their parents are divorced, the children are forced to live with the mother even though they have a much closer and better relationship with their father. After an argument with their mother, they decide to run away from their mother's care to search for their father. An adventure begins as the children set out by train to follow their father up North, where they get accidentally tangled up with a drug dealer and a gang of homeless youngsters.

The film was Thailand's submission for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for 1995. It won best film at that year's Suphannahong Awards.

Organised by the Thai Film Foundation and the Knowledge Management and Development Office, the 2nd International Children's Film continues until Sunday at Major Cineplex Pinklao and TK Park in CentralWorld.

For more information, call (02) 800 2716 or (081) 651 3519 or visit bangkokchildrenfilm.multiply.com.

The Nation