6ixtynin9

"How far would you go to protect a secret?"

1999 1h 58m TH

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6.8

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★6.8TMDB · 54

ComedyCrimeThriller

Synopsis

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A woman, fired from a financial corporation during the Asia crisis, returns home with no money. However, she finds a box with a fortune in front of her door, and decides to keep it. However, the people that left it there soon want it back.

“How far would you go to protect a secret?”

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Cast

Lalita Panyopas
Tum
Black Phomtong
Kanchit
Aroon Wanasbodeewong
Suwat
Tasanawalai Ongartittichai
Jim
Sirisin Siripornsmathikul
Pen
Jaran Petcharoen
Uncle Yen
Wiwat Thongprasertsom
Tas
Surapol Mekpongsatorn
Young Policeman

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Writers: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Languages: Thai
Countries: Thailand

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1 / 8

ERA

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27 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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2 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, shot by Chankit Chamnivikaipong. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Paibuljkiat Kheokao. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Patamanadda Yukol shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 8

AWARDS

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Lalita Panyopas and Black Phomtong and Aroon Wanasbodeewong carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "How far would you go to protect a secret?".

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0235154 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 54 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Pen-Ek Ratanaruang directs. Chankit Chamnivikaipong behind the camera. Paibuljkiat Kheokao scores. Patamanadda Yukol cuts. Produced in Thailand. Dialogue in Thai.

Trivia

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127 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Directed by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, shot by Chankit Chamnivikaipong. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Paibuljkiat Kheokao. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Patamanadda Yukol shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Lalita Panyopas and Black Phomtong and Aroon Wanasbodeewong carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "How far would you go to protect a secret?".
7IMDB entry: tt0235154 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 54 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
9Classified under 13 themes, including "drug dealer", "airport", "escape", "loss of loved one".

The technical file

Cinematography: Chankit Chamnivikaipong
Original score: Paibuljkiat Kheokao
Editing: Patamanadda Yukol
Sound: Amornbhong Methakunavudh
Runtime: 118 min · 1h 58m
Status: Released
Original language: TH
Certification (US): R
IMDB: 6ixtynin9 (1999)

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John Chard2016-02-09
★ 8/10
A funny story about 6 and 9. 6ixtynin9 (Ruang talok 69) is without doubt a film of acquired tastes, a pic that's hard to recommend with any great confidence. That is, though, unless you have a kink for violent black comedy crime movies, where the narrative drive is quirky and fulsome, even winsome in some regards. Story finds Lalita Panyopas (excellent) as Tum, a lady who has just been laid off from work courtesy of lots being drawn. Feeling desperate and at the end of her tether, she's amazed to find on her doorstep a noodle box with $25,000 in it. A gift from the gods? Not quite! And once some shifty gangster types come knocking at her door, nothing will ever be the same again... There's a whole ream of films this draws from, but favourably so, especially since the films often referenced in reviews are pretty tasty in themselves. Yet this is no hack job, director and writer Pen-Ek Ratanaruang has crafted a splendid pot of Thai neo-noir curry, putting his own stamp on things, imbuing the pic with his own flourishes, such as showing acts of violence off screen! Via a shadow, a splatter of blood, or a pair of legs going limp. The characters who inhabit this world are gloriously strange or purely deranged. The henchmen are from a Thai boxing club, garishly attired in bright red clobber (film is packed with pronounced reds), one of them is even deaf, while their boss is a bit off the map, likes to have one of his charges massage him with is feet. There's a phone sex pest, who ends up being a real key component to how things pan out, and one of the baddies reveals tears and a most bizarre death in the family! It's all deliciously off kilter, even as the bodies pile up, the black comedy tongue is prodding away at the inside of the cheek. But ultimately its noir heart is with the vagary of fate and of the coincidences that pitch our everyday woman (she's no moll or assassin type) into a bloody and bonkers world. All of which has hinged, ironically, on a number badly screwed to an apartment door! 8/10

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