“A DELIRIUM-INDUCING JAW-DROPPER! Is it possible to evoke this movie without invoking two dozen exclamation points?”
– David Edelstein, New York Magazine

“A CINEMATIC SUGAR RUSH. A joyful, exuberantly stylized hybrid of family saga, crime thriller, soap opera and Western adventure.”
– Richard Brody, New Yorker

“AN AUDACIOUS, EYE-POPPING DEBUT.” – David Fear, Time Out New York

“SO RETRO IT’S CUTTING EDGE. It’s all trippy, kicky, cheesy, delirious fun.” – Jay Carr, AM New York

“IT’S A VISUAL RIOT. A joyfully, ingeniously convoluted thrill ride.” – Simon Dumenco, Very Short List

Something like the equivalent of a pad thai Western, TEARS follows reticent, handsome bandit Dum who’s in love with Rumpoey, a high society sweetheart. Dum's gang and Rumpoey's father are keeping them apart, and thus bloody Technicolor shootouts, strings-soaked Sirk-ian melodrama, wistful gazes and pounding action ensue. Tears represents an homage to the classic Thai Westerns of the 1950s as well a modern technological achievement: the film was digitally tinted in post-production to achieve its signature, super-saturated look.

Directed by Wisit Sasanatieng • Thailand • 2000 • 113 minutes • In Thai with English Subtitles • Magnolia Pictures

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