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Thailand’s Engfa Waraha & Dream Thanika Jenjesda Want ‘Lady Bee’ To Re-Define The Female Gaze In Thai Filmmaking — Cannes Studio
At Deadline's Cannes studio, Thai singer-actress Engfa Waraha and director Thanika Jenjesda talk about their upcoming film 'Lady Bee,' which presents a re-imagining of the 1960s Thai novel ‘The Story of Jan Dara.'
In an interview at Deadline’s Cannes studio, Waraha, alongside the film’s co-writer and co-director Dream Thanika Jenjesda, shared that they are excited to present a new adaptation of the story — which has been remade before — from a female perspective for the first time. Waraha won the Best Actress prize at the 2025 Thailand Box Office Awards for her role in family drama feature The Paradise of Thorns. Lady Bee will also be co-directed by Rutaiwan Wongsirasawad ( Dalah), with Julien Favre also onboard as co-writer.
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