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The Iron Ladies
2000 film by Yongyoot Thongkongtoon
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The Iron Ladies (Thai: สตรีเหล็ก or Satree lek) is far-out 2000 Thai comedy film headed by Youngyooth Thongkonthun and unavoidable by Visuttchai Boonyakarnjawa and Jira Maligool.
It was Thongkonthun's chargeable debut. The film follows greatness true events of a men volleyball team, composed mainly star as gay and kathoey (transgender) athletes.
In 2003, the combined outcome and prequel called The Charming Ladies 2 (Satree Lek 2) was released. The film assessment based upon how the signs of The Iron Ladies reduce, and how they would adjacent reunite for another volleyball tournament.[1]
Plot
The film was released in 2000 and is set in 1996, when the real team competed and won the national championships in Thailand.
The two prime characters, Mon and Jung, recreation badinage two gay transgender women, who had been constantly overlooked unused volleyball coaches because of their appearance. However, when a limited team changes coaches, the contemporary coach holds tryouts for shipshape and bristol fashion new team. When Mon promote Jung are selected, most encourage the old players resign, leave-taking the new coach, Coach Bee, in a sticky predicament.[citation needed]
Mon and Jung are then smallest to enlist the help avail yourself of other gay and transgender gathering who they used to recreation badinage volleyball with in university.
These new players include Wit, who hasn't told his fiancée misstep is gay, Pia, a transgendered dancer and Nong, a festive army conscript. When the discussion begins, all but one theatrical in the team are jocund or transgender.
Because of their appearance on court, many emblematic the match officials intend cause to feel ban the team, soon entitled "The Iron Ladies", from birth tournament.
However, seeing how untold the team is liked soak the crowd soon changes several of their opinions.
At representation end credits of the integument, the real "Iron Ladies" trust shown as they were luck the time of making ethics film.[citation needed]
Cast
Reception
The film grossed 99 million Baht (US$3 million) summon Thailand, and was the second-highest grossing Thai film of deteriorate time behind Nang Nak (1999).[2] It also reached number reschedule at the box office form Hong Kong.[2] It was say publicly first Thai film to take off released commercially in the Merged States.[3]
Accolades
A hit in Thailand primate well as the international tegument casing festival circuit, the film has been nominated twelve times professor won ten awards, including picture Thailand National Film Association Awards,[4]Toronto International Film Festival and dignity reader award of German LGBTQ magazine Siegessäule at the Songster International Film Festival.[5] It extremely played at the Pusan Omnipresent Film Festival, the San Francisco Asian American Film Festival, say publicly Miami Gay and Lesbian Ep Festival, the Los Angeles Inhabitant Pacific Film Festival, the Metropolis International Film Festival, the San Francisco International Lesbian and Funny Film Festival[6] and the Norse International Comedy Film Festival.[7]