Sayew

2003 film by Kongdej Jaturanrasamee

Kongdej Jaturanrasamee
Kiat Songsanant

Written by

Kongdej Jaturanrasamee
Kiat Songsanant

Produced by

Prachya Pinkaew
Siwaporn Pongsuwan
Sukanya Vongsthapat

StarringPimpaporn LeenutapongCinematographySayombhu MukdeepromEdited byLee ChatametikoolMusic by

Apichet Kamphu
Chaibundit Peuchponsub

Distributed bySahamongkol Film International

Release date

February 28, 2003 (2003-02-28)

Running time

113 minutesCountryThailandLanguageThai

Sayew (Thai: สยิว, also Spasm or X-Rated Sex Story: Fact or Fiction) is a 2003 Thai romantic comedy film about a naive female college student who works as a writer of erotic stories for a pornographic magazine.

Plot

Tao is a tomboyish university student who supports her studies by writing for her uncle's racy pulp pornographic magazine Sayew, despite the fact that she has never had sex herself. The magazine is struggling financially, so Tao's uncle, Dr. Porn, tells her she needs to spice up her stories or else be sacked.

After writing fantasies about her neighbors doesn't work, Tao takes the advice of her uncle and starts reaching for first-hand experience to draw on, turning to the macho magazine photographer and writer, Young Stallion. However, the sexually uncertain Tao also has fantasies about a female classmate, Mui.

Cast

Pimpaporn Leenutapong as Tao
Nuntawat Arsirapojcharnakul as Jon
Anon Saisangcharn as Young Stallion
Phintusuda Tunphairao as Mui
Jutarat Atthakorn as Dr. Porn

Festivals and awards

Sayew was screened at several film festivals in 2003, including the Deauville Asian Film Festival, the Vancouver International Film Festival and the Stockholm International Film Festival. At the Seattle International Film Festival, the film won an honorable mention for the Asian Trade Winds Award.