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How to Win at Checkers (Every Time) (2015)
83 %In Thailand, 11-year-old Oat is left behind by his brother who has to go to draft day. Oat goes on a journey to find his brother who is estranged from their family for as long as Oat remembers. Oat has to take care of himself and navigate his way through the cities slums with the occasional help of a motorbike taxi. While waiting for his brother to return he makes a close friend who becomes his best friend. This leads him through social challenges but ultimately allows him to find redemption. How to Win at Checkers addresses the social issues in Thailand were faced with today, ones we often chose to ignore but which Thais need to acknowledge as a part of their society.
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- coming of age
- brother brother relationship
- playing checkers
- sibling relationship
- betrayal
- child protagonist
- thailand
- bangkok, thailand
- 11 year old
- rite of passage
- draft day
- riding a motorcycle
- thai army
- told in flashback
- male homosexuality
- directorial debut
- funeral
- based on book
- implied gay sex
- soldier
- buddhist monk
- gay
- boys' love (bl)
- lottery
- hustler
- incineration
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