New scars run deep
In many ways, choosing to remake Plae Kao was as equally challenging an endeavour for director ML Pundhevanop. In 1998, the 1977 version was listed as one of the world’s 360 classic movies by the Museum of the Moving Image in London with Sight & Sound magazine. In 2011, the film was also chosen by the Thai Film Archive as one of 25 Thai films considered to be national treasures.