Taiki Sakpisit’s The Edge of Daybreak will be shown on 31st May as part of the Hua Hin Indie Screen film programme at the Hua Hin Convention Center. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Taiki, and Hua Hin Indie Screen runs from 29th to 31st May.
Like Sivaroj Kongsakul’s Regretfully at Dawn (อรุณกาล), Jakrawal Nilthamrong’s Anatomy of Time (เวลา), and Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (ลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ), The Edge of Daybreak’s protagonist is a retired soldier nearing the end of his life, who cannot escape the memories and consequences of his role in the suppression of communist insurgents. It begins with a flashback to that era, narrated by the old man: “I was leading my unit into the woods to catch the students.”
Like Sivaroj Kongsakul’s Regretfully at Dawn (อรุณกาล), Jakrawal Nilthamrong’s Anatomy of Time (เวลา), and Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (ลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ), The Edge of Daybreak’s protagonist is a retired soldier nearing the end of his life, who cannot escape the memories and consequences of his role in the suppression of communist insurgents. It begins with a flashback to that era, narrated by the old man: “I was leading my unit into the woods to catch the students.”
In Taiki’s film, the former soldier’s family believe that they are cursed and, as if to confirm this, the exquisite black-and-white camerawork lingers on images of decay, such as rotting food and their crumbling home. The Edge of Daybreak was previously shown at the Chiang Mai Film Festival (เทศกาลหนังแห่งเมืองเชียงใหม่) in 2023, and at the Thai Film Archive in 2024.