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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2011: Pen-ek Ratanaruang’s Headshot

Despite not being big on his last pair Ploy and Nymph as we mentioned before, we damn well love the concept of shooting from the perspective of the film’s lead and with dp Chankit Chamnivikaipong once again onboard we expect this to visually deliver.

Eric Lavallée

Published on January 14, 2011

#35. Headshot

Director/Writer: Pen-ek Ratanaruang
Producers: Pawas Sawatchaiyamet and Raymond Phathanavirangoon
Distributor: Rights Available.

The Gist: Adapted from the novel Fon Tok Kuen Fa (Rain Falling Up The Sky) by award-winning writer Win Leowarin, this tells the story of a hitman (Nopachai Jayanama) who wakes up after a two-month coma to find that he literally sees everything upside down. He tries to quit his job, but the past starts to catch up with him.….(more)

Cast: Nopachai Jayanama and Cris Horwang

List Worthy Reasons…: Despite not being big on his last pair Ploy and Nymph as we mentioned before, we damn well love the concept of shooting from the perspective of the film’s lead and with dp Chankit Chamnivikaipong once again onboard we expect this to visually deliver.

Release Date/Status?: Somewhere in post-production, Ratanaruang (a Cannes regular) will be back in May…but the big question is which section will it fall in? Main Comp or Un Certain Regard?

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Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).