Sugar Is Not Sweet

Sugar Is Not Sweet

The Thai film poster.
Directed by Rattana Pestonji
Produced by Rattana Pestonji
Written by Rattana Pestonji
Roy Rithiron
Starring Sombat Metanee
Metta Rungrattana
Saneh Komarachun
Preeya Rungreuang
Sompong Pongmit
Sarinthip Siriwan
Ruj Ronnapop
Music by Preecha Mettrai
Cinematography Sunt Pestonji
Edited by Rattana Pestonji
Release dates
Thailand 1965
Running time
138 minutes
Country Thailand
Language Thai

Sugar Is Not Sweet (Thai: น้ำตาลไม่หวาน or Namtarn mai warn) is a 1965 Thai romantic comedy film written and directed by Rattana Pestonji. It was the director's final feature film. The film was featured in a retrospective program to the director at the 2005 Pusan International Film Festival.

Plot

Chaokun Charoenkesa, the owner of a shop that sells hair-loss treatments, wants to pay back his debt of kindness to a friend, whose formula is responsible for the Chaokun’s prosperity. So he arranges for his good-for-nothing son, Manas, to marry Sugar, the daughter of his dear friend.

Cameo

Rattana Pestonji has a cameo appearance in this film as the doctor who treats Chaokun in his moment of death.


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