Country Hotel

Country Hotel

1957 · 138 min · ★ 6.3 · Crime, Comedy

Noi runs a rural bar and guesthouse called the Paradise Hotel. He tends bar and arm wrestles any challengers. The hotel, which has only one room, already has a guest, a man named Chana. Chana is annoyed that the hotel plays host to various musical groups, including a man who sings European opera, another man who practices the trombone, a Peking opera troupe, a Filipina ballad singer and a brass band that accompanies two bare-knuckles boxers.

Directed by Rattana Pestonji · Written by Rattana Pestonji

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