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5TH ROUND

By Rawee PIRIYAPONGSAK

Sport - Post-Production 2023

4 Muay Thai boxers in 4 different stages of life. They were all born in poverty, only option is to fight against opponent on and off the stage. In order to their destiny, they cannot stop until the last round.

- Year of production
- 2023
- Genres
- Sport, True Story, Documentary
- Countries
- THAILAND
- Languages
- THAI
- Budget
- 0.6 - 1 M$
- Duration
- 90 mn
- Director(s)
- Rawee PIRIYAPONGSAK
- Cast
- Summao PETCHPRAGUYCHAN, Plaingern SIT SORNPICHAI, Wanchalong PK.SAENCHAI , Wanchalong PK.SAENCHAI
- Synopsis
- 1ST Round, Summao, a very young Muay Thai boxer, living his childhood life in a boxing camp far away from his family, an only way he would see his parents is to be win a match.
  2nd Round, Plaingern, a teen Muay Thai boxer. He’s trained in unknown boxing camp in a province. Like a dream, when he is scouted by a big famous boxing camp, brings him a new destiny in Bangkok.
  3rd Round, Chorfah, a professional Muay Thai boxer, is experience enough to fight in every famous stadium with multiple matches in Thailand. He has a goal to go for an international stage in order to make him get more money, and famous for his little camp.
  4th Round, Wanchalong, a veteran Muay Thai boxer who has been fighting for over ten years. His body has been through many pains and physical damages, however, he never rejects when someone calling him to fight in a stage, “money” is his destiny.
  A Muay Thai Documentary film is directed and story by Rawee Piriyapongsak, a story is about four Muay Thai boxers, in ages difference, their way of lives mainly outside a boxing ring. They were born in poverty. The only way for the boxers to change their destiny, is to fight till the end of the match. This film has been started since 2021, while a pandemic was strong all over the country. The boxers has no match because of a stadium closed for almost two years. The boxers’ destiny is like our film’s, as we would not figure out what would be happened when they step up a boxing ring, for a match. May they win or lose , we can not predict that. The story has changed over and over until our final round.