Wonderful Town

Wonderful Town

2007 · 92 min · ★ 6.1 · Drama, Romance

Local girl Na runs a small hotel where every day is more of less the same until Ta arrives one day. Ta is an architect from the city who has come to oversee the building of a new development and very slowly the two build a friendship that develops into something more romantic.

Directed by Aditya Assarat · Written by Aditya Assarat

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