Yam Yasothon

Yam Yasothon
The Thai theatrical poster.
Directed by	Petchtai Wongkamlao
Written by	Petchtai Wongkamlao
Starring	Petchtai Wongkamlao
Distributed by	Sahamongkol Film International
Release date	2005
Country	Thailand
Language	Thai

Yam Yasothon (Thai: แหยม ยโสธร, English title: Hello Yasothon) is a 2005 Thai musical comedy film, written, directed by and starring Petchtai Wongkamlao.

Plot

Template:Spoiler The story is set in 1967 Yasothon Province, Thailand, where Yam is a hard-working, humble and kind farmer – kind that is except when it comes to the attentions of Joei, the homely maid of Soy, who is the girlfriend of Yam's cousin, Tong. Yam tends to stray and injured animals of all kinds, but he never has nice things to say to Joei. Despite this, she persists in flirting with Yam and making unwanted physical advances.

Meanwhile, Soy and Tong cuddle, kiss and hug each other at every opportunity.

Soy's aunt, the haughty village moneylender, Dok Toh, disapproves of Soy seeing Tong, whom Dok Toh believes is too low class for her niece. She orders Soy and Joei to stay away from Yam and Tong. Dok Toh additionally arranges for Soy to meet the handsome yet dull son of the local sheriff, who has a pair of slow-witted henchmen who will help enforce Dok Toh's orders that Joei and Soy never again see Yam and Tong.

However, on the night of a village temple fair, Tong and Soy and Yam and Joei sneak away and each couple finds a place to spend the night together. Tong and Soy stay up all night talking about their true feelings for one another, while Joei takes sexual advantage of Yam.

Dok Toh finds out about Joei and Soy's misadventures and arranges to send them away to Bangkok. Soy will attend university while Joei will learn to be a seamstress. With the money earned while she is in Bangkok, Joei transforms herself with beauty treatments, having her skin lightened, a prominent mole removed and her teeth fixed.

In Joei's absence, Yam begins to long for her, discovering that he had a place for her in his heart after all. Both Tong and Yam write letters to their women, but they hear nothing in return. It turns out that Dok Toh has bribed the postmaster to deliver letters address to Yam and Tong to her, and she in turn dumps the letters into the river.

Joei and Soy determine that their letters aren't getting through, so they write to the abbott at the local Buddhist temple and ask him to deliver their letters to Yam and Tong.

Yam and Tong, meanwhile, strike out on their own and head for Bangkok to try and find the girls. Neither had ever been to the city before, and did not realize how big the capital was. Discouraged by their lack of success, they return home, but through the efforts of the monk, they finally hear from Soy and Joei.

The girls return to Yasothon, and Soy is reunited with Tong. Yam is heartbroken when he does not see Joei on the bus. In fact she was on the bus, but because she had drastically changed her appearance, Yam did not recognize her, and showed no interest in Joei when she approached him.

But eventually Yam comes around and sees that Joei is the same woman, even if she's changed on the outside. Template:Spoiler-end

Cast

• Petchtai Wongkamlao as Yam
• Janet Khiew as Joei
• Waew Jokmok as Dok Toh
• Chaipan Ninkong as Tong
• Yaoluck Tumbhun as Soy

External links

• Yam Yasothon at IMDb
• Synopsis at MovieSeer