Monday, December 28, 2015

OUT on DVD/VOD: How To Win At Checkers (Every Time)

Wolfe Video's acclaimed international drama How To Win At Checkers (Every Time) will be released on DVD and VOD on February 2, 2016. Thailand's submission for Best Foreign Language Film to the 2016 Academy Awards is a riveting, bittersweet coming-of-age drama set on the gritty fringes of Bangkok.

Superstar Thai actor-model Toni Rakkaen headlines this striking debut feature from Korean-American writer-director Josh Kim. As the now grown Oat, he recalls his childhood experience of trying to rescue his gay older brother Ek from being drafted into military service. As Ek grapples with the gritty realities of life in Bangkok - working at a bar for male hustlers and sex-workers - he has also found love with his more privileged boyfriend Jai. When the moment of truth arrives with the draft lottery these 21-year-olds must draw either a black or a red slip to possibly be conscripted into the armed forces. Who will be sent off to the service and who will get to stay home?