Satree Lek
(Engelse titel: The Iron ladies) Geregisseerd door
Yongyooth Thongkonthun, Thailand 2000, 104 min. Met o.a. Saschaparp
Virakamin, Jesdaporn Pholdee en Akkachai Buranaphanit.
The Iron Ladies is het
waargebeurde verhaal van een volleybalteam bestaande uit homo's en Thaise ladyboys) (kathoei) dat het redt tot de nationale kampioen van Thailand, met alle
komische en hilarische gevolgen van dien
The film is set in 1996,
when the real team competed and won the national championships in
Thailand. The two main characters, Mon and Jung, play two gay
transvestites, who had been constantly overlooked by volleyball coaches
because of their appearance. However, when a local team changes
coaches, the new coach holds tryouts for a new team. When Mon and Jung
are selected, most of the old players resign, leaving the new coach,
Coach Bee, in a sticky predicament. Mon and Jung are then
forced to enlist the help of other gay and transsexual friends who they
used to play volleyball with in university. These new players include
Wit, who hasn't told his fiancée he is gay, Pia, a transsexual dancer
and Nong, a gay army conscript. When the competition begins, all but
one player in the team are gay or transsexual. Because of their
appearance on court, many of the match officials intend to ban the
team, soon dubbed "The Iron Ladies", from the tournament. However,
seeing how much the team is liked by the crowd soon changes many of
their opinions.
At the end credits of
the film, the real "Iron Ladies" are shown as they were at the time of
making the film.
In 2003 kwam er een
vervolg The Iron Ladies 2 (Satree lek 2) In deze film komt het
volleybalteam weer bij elkaar om opnieuw een toernooi te gaan
spelen.
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