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The Iron Ladies (2000) |
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104
minutes
Rated: NR
Thai with English subtitles
Country: Thailand
Studio: Strand Releasing
Cast: Chaicharn, Giorgio
Maiocchi, Jesdaporn Pholdee, Kokkorn
Benjathikoon, Nimpulsawasdi,
Sahaphap Tor
Director/Screenwriter:
Youngyooth Thongkonthun |
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Synopsis |
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true story of a Thai male volleyball
team that won the national
championships in 1996 with a team
consisting mostly of gay men, drag
queens, transsexuals and one
straight guy. Mon, who becomes the
team leader, was a very talented
player who constantly failed to be
selected for various teams because
he was gay. Jung, Mon's best friend,
also experienced the same treatment
but was always more optimistic about
things. Their chance comes when
Coach Bee is selected to put
together a winning team, and she
announces that the team will be open
for all to tryout. But when the
coach selects both Jung and Mon to
be on the team, some of the more
macho players resign in protest. In
order to form a team, the coach asks
Mon to find a few of his friends to
join the team. They select Nong, a
gay sergeant in the army; Pia, the
transsexual star of a cabaret show;
Pia’s boyfriend Chat; and Wit, whose
parents don't know that their only
son is gay. In the end, virtually
the entire team is gay, an unheard
of situation in Thailand. |
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