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Sugar Is Not Sweet

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Sugar Is Not Sweet
The Thai film poster.
Directed byRattana Pestonji
Written byRattana Pestonji
Roy Rithiron
Produced byRattana Pestonji
StarringSombat Metanee
Metta Rungrattana
Saneh Komarachun
Preeya Rungreuang
Sompong Pongmit
Sarinthip Siriwan
Ruj Ronnapop
CinematographySunt Pestonji
Edited byRattana Pestonji
Music byPreecha Mettrai
Release date
  • 1965 (1965)
Running time
138 minutes
CountryThailand
LanguageThai

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

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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

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

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