Film by Ekachai Uekrongtham
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
“Thailand, 2003. The Thai Government officially declared war on drugs on 1st of February. Quotas were set. Battles were fought. It was an all-out attempt to defeat the “Enemy of the Nation” - drugs and drug dealers.
Ten months later, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra declared victory on the war that managed to seize more than 40 million methamphetamine tablets and “put the country out of danger from drugs”.
There were heroes, villains, suspects, casualties and bystanders. There were achievements and there were mistakes. Four months after the war began, about 2,400 people were killed – according to official figures. No further statistics on the death toll were released after that.
It’s a chapter of my country’s history which I find difficult to forget and understand. Perhaps I never will.
Who are our saviors?
Who are our enemies?
Who do we trust?
And what must we destroy?
