Happy Birthday

Plot:  Ten (Ananda), the travel photographer who tries to buy an old travel book but finds that it has been written in. He then arranges to have it left on the shelf, and writes his own note on a page, chiding the vandal. The note finds its mark – a pen-flipping young woman – who writes a note back to Ten. They trade barbs at first, but the back-and-forth notes (“updates”, she calls them) become friendlier and more helpful. Ten tries staking out the shelf, hoping to catch his penpal red-handed, but has no luck. Then, while eating at a little-known backroads eatery that he had suggested in the travel book, he overhears a pretty female tour guide (Chayanan) talking about how she found the restaurant by trading notes in travel guide. Her name is Pao, and from that point on, Then works hard at wooing her.Their relationship is sweet and innocent, and fun to watch.  They travel the countryside in Then’s old orange Volkswagen Beetle.Then on Ten’s birthday, Pao is  gives a call to let him know she is on her way. But Ten can see only her car moves by the minibus plows into it. Pao is in a coma. Ten volunteers to take responsibility. Ten becomes increasingly obsessive about caring for Pao and trying to prove he is worthy of her love.

Genre: Drama, Romance

Starring: Ananda Everingham and Chayanan Manomaisantiphap

Director: Pongpat Wachirabunjong