The region referred to by the title of Ben Rivers and Anocha Suwichakornpong’s quasi-ethnography is a coastal town in Thailand whose primary sources of sustenance are the travelers who frequent it. It’s no surprise, then, that the endlessly subversive Rivers and Anocha have made a veritable tourist trap of a movie: come for the exotic histories and sun-dappled vistas; stay for the moving, darkly funny commentary about the impacts of capitalism.

Director: Ben Rivers, Anocha Suwichakornpong
Cast: Siraphun Wattanajinda, Arak Amornsupasiri, Primrin Puarat, Nuttawat Attasawat, Atchara Suwan, Lieng Leelatiwanon

Runtime: 93 mins