
A factory story, in which the process of image-making in negotiated in the slippage between fiction and documentary.
Directed by Anocha Suwichakornpong, Jai leans on a strong ensemble — Maenum Chagasik, Soraya Nakasuwan, Jakrawal Nilthamrong — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about screen titles of 2007.
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Norma Rae is a southern textile worker employed in a factory with intolerable working conditions. This concern about the situation gives her the gumption to be the key associate to a visiting labor union organizer. Together, they undertake the difficult, and possibly dangerous, struggle to unionize her factory.
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