Bigger, bolder, and more colorful than most movies made at the time or since Tears of the Black Tiger is an ambitious act of cinematic alchemy from director Wisit Sasanatieng. Using the influences of Thai melodramas from the 1950s and 1960s, Douglas Sirk movies, and the slow-motion bloodshed of Sam Peckinpah, Sasanatieng creates something wholly singular.

Dum (Chartchai Ngamsan), a peasant boy turned bandit, and his childhood sweetheart Rumpoey (Stella Malucchi) are separated by time and circumstance. When Dum misses the opportunity to run away with Rumpoey before her arranged marriage, he works relentlessly to get back to her. Is it too late for them, or will fate give them a happy ending? Tears of the Black Tiger is larger-than-life, full of overflowing emotion, violence (the cowboys are armed with the usual guns and rocket launchers, too), and beauty. Come for the sumptuous scenery, melodrama, and juicy kills, then stay for the camp of it all!

The vitals:
MONDAY, 8/28
7:00 - doors
8:00 - local short film "17" with filmmaker Jacob Biggerstaff
Following - TEARS OF THE BLACK TIGER
(take a look: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saTKuN5bc68&ab_channel=MagnoliaPictures&MagnetReleasing)

Sliding scale $5-10 tix available for presale, any remaining sold at door (all proceeds go to studio's screening fees and future programming all for you!).

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