Description
Tears of the Black Tiger is a 2000 Thai action-adventure film written and directed by Wisit Sasanatieng. It tells the story of a tragic romance between Dum, a fatalistic, working-class hero turned outlaw, and Rumpoey, the upper-class daughter of a provincial governor. The film is both an homage to and a parody of Thai action films and romantic melodramas from the 1950s and 1960s. Tears of the Black Tiger was the first Thai film to compete at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival and received critical acclaim. It was also screened at various other film festivals in 2001 and 2002.
