Kraben rahu

2018

1h 45m

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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100%

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19 Reviews

76%

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

Near a coastal village of Thailand, by the sea where thousands of Rohingya refugees have drowned, a local fisherman finds an injured man lying unconscious in the forest. He rescues the stranger, who does not speak a word, offers him his friendship and names him Thongchai. But when the fisherman suddenly disappears at sea, Thongchai slowly begins to take over his friend's life - his house, his job, and his ex-wife.

Joshua Minsoo Kim

Slant Magazine

Manta Ray functions as an oblique portrait of writer-director Phuttiphong Aroonpheng's anger about the Rohingya refugee crisis in Thailand.

Rated: 3/4

Mar 27, 2019

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Jonathan Romney

Screen International

Aroonpheng's great achievement is to convey a sense of humanist outrage while telling an involving, sometimes headily perplexing story in a magical realist register.

Sep 22, 2018

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Clarence Tsui

Hollywood Reporter

Warm, lush and topical human drama.

Sep 8, 2018

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Ren Scateni

Vague Visages

Featuring powerful lead performances, Manta Ray is like a perfectly wrapped present that needs to be opened with care.

Sep 21, 2023

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Alex Saveliev

Film Threat

Manta Ray certainly has its share of wonderful moments.

Rated: 7/10

Aug 5, 2021

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Shikhar Verma

High on Films

Subtly filmed and mostly silent in its metaphorical look at societal displacement, Manta Ray is a film of truly artistic beauty.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 5, 2021

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Audience Member

Ditto to most of the positive comments by the majority of critics. All I can add is don't miss this movie, it is truly sublime. I expect it will stay with me for a long time.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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nefasto r

Gorgeous scenes, lot of symbolism, and overall a great story (from what I could gather), but boy o boy, slow peace at that.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Eye candy. Beautiful, beautiful cinematography (fuck the plot!)!! I admit a few scenes confused me, but only in an intriguing sense. Wow. Just. WOW. I'm a big fan of Christopher Doyle and Wong Kar Wai. This movie is definitely up there on some list called "gorgeous things to watch".

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Audience Member

Really love the way director tells this story.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Synopsis

Near a coastal village of Thailand, by the sea where thousands of Rohingya refugees have drowned, a local fisherman finds an injured man lying unconscious in the forest. He rescues the stranger, who does not speak a word, offers him his friendship and names him Thongchai. But when the fisherman suddenly disappears at sea, Thongchai slowly begins to take over his friend's life - his house, his job, and his ex-wife.

Director: Phuttiphong Aroonpheng
Producer: Philippe Avril, Chatchai Chaiyon, Mai Meksawan, Jakrawal Nilthamrong
Screenwriter: Phuttiphong Aroonpheng
Production Co: Les Films de L'Etranger, Mit Out Sound Films
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Thai
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 16, 2019
Runtime: 1h 45m