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‘Breaking the Cycle,’ Thai Doc Charting Rise and Fall of Country’s Pro-Democracy Parties, Gets Rare Theatrical Release: ‘Our Future Has Been Lost’
'Breaking the Cycle,' a Thai political documentary, charts the rise and fall of the country's pro-democracy parties and charismatic leader Thanathorn.
Thailand has some of the most comfortable cinemas in the world, but a film release slate that rarely strays far from the mainstream – mostly Hollywood tentpoles and Thai commercial titles – leaving art-house and documentaries short shrift. The film’s central character is Thanathorn, a charismatic and wealthy young businessman who says he was frustrated by the cycle of coups d’etat – Thailand has endured 13 successful ones and 20 different constitutions in the past 100 years – and the culture of fear these induced. Rapidly gathering a personal following and finding a generational resonance with his policies – reform the constitution, send the military back to barracks – he and a group of highly diverse (mostly) first-time politicians achieve a stunning result.
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