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En artikel om den Danska filmen Heartbound som handlar om relationer mellan Danska män och deras Thailändska fruar, kvinnan bakom filmen heter Sommai Molbaek som är 65 år, hon har själv parat ihop ett 40 tal par, i Danmark finns det över 900 gifta Thsiländskor.
Men allt är inte ”Sabai Sabai” säger hon.
‘IT’S NOT ALL SABAI SABAI,’ MATCHMAKER OF THAI WOMEN AND DANISH MEN SAYS
By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter
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November 28, 2019 6:43 pm
A still of Sommai Molbaek from “Heartbound.” Image: Magic Hour Films
BANGKOK — Kae shyly sits across from Kjels at his house in rural Denmark, communicating only via an Thai-Danish dictionary. Saeng, with a twinkle in her eye, sets her sights on the Finnish men at her Pattaya bar.
Watching over them all is matchmaker Sommai, bickering with her husband of thirty years, Niels.
Sommai Molbaek, 65, is the protagonist of the Danish documentary “Heartbound,” (2018), which will screen at three indie cinemas across the country in December. Filmed over a decade by a group of anthropologists, the 90-minute film follows Korat native Sommai, the first Thai wife in the Danish district of Thy, and the Isaan women she matches up with the local men.
On Wednesday night, Sommai stood in front of a Bangkokian audience who had just watched a press screening of “Heartbound” at the House Samyan theater, at Samyan Mitrtown mall, fielding curious questions about mixed marriages and her journey from being a Pattaya sex worker to a matchmaker in rural Denmark.
“I want to say that calling us mia farang, rental wives, or looking down on us for having worked as pr*stitutes in the past, these words really cut into our hearts,” Sommai said. “I want Thai people to know that when we go there, it’s not all sabai sabai. We work hard and struggle with unfamiliar things, like the language, culture, weather, and food.”
Sommai, left, during a Q&A session on Nov. 27, 2019 at House Samyan theater.
Sommai was the first Thai wife in Thy, a rural district in Denmark when she moved there three decades ago. Through matchmaking her extended family and neighbors from Yok Kham village in rural Khon Kaen by placing newspaper ads, Sommai brought over and matchmade for more than 40 Thai women, who in turn brought in 200 more.
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En artikel om den Danska filmen Heartbound som handlar om relationer mellan Danska män och deras Thailändska fruar, kvinnan bakom filmen heter Sommai Molbaek som är 65 år, hon har själv parat ihop ett 40 tal par, i Danmark finns det över 900 gifta Thsiländskor.
Men allt är inte ”Sabai Sabai” säger hon.
‘IT’S NOT ALL SABAI SABAI,’ MATCHMAKER OF THAI WOMEN AND DANISH MEN SAYS
By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter
-
November 28, 2019 6:43 pm
A still of Sommai Molbaek from “Heartbound.” Image: Magic Hour Films
BANGKOK — Kae shyly sits across from Kjels at his house in rural Denmark, communicating only via an Thai-Danish dictionary. Saeng, with a twinkle in her eye, sets her sights on the Finnish men at her Pattaya bar.
Watching over them all is matchmaker Sommai, bickering with her husband of thirty years, Niels.
Sommai Molbaek, 65, is the protagonist of the Danish documentary “Heartbound,” (2018), which will screen at three indie cinemas across the country in December. Filmed over a decade by a group of anthropologists, the 90-minute film follows Korat native Sommai, the first Thai wife in the Danish district of Thy, and the Isaan women she matches up with the local men.
On Wednesday night, Sommai stood in front of a Bangkokian audience who had just watched a press screening of “Heartbound” at the House Samyan theater, at Samyan Mitrtown mall, fielding curious questions about mixed marriages and her journey from being a Pattaya sex worker to a matchmaker in rural Denmark.
“I want to say that calling us mia farang, rental wives, or looking down on us for having worked as pr*stitutes in the past, these words really cut into our hearts,” Sommai said. “I want Thai people to know that when we go there, it’s not all sabai sabai. We work hard and struggle with unfamiliar things, like the language, culture, weather, and food.”
Sommai, left, during a Q&A session on Nov. 27, 2019 at House Samyan theater.
Sommai was the first Thai wife in Thy, a rural district in Denmark when she moved there three decades ago. Through matchmaking her extended family and neighbors from Yok Kham village in rural Khon Kaen by placing newspaper ads, Sommai brought over and matchmade for more than 40 Thai women, who in turn brought in 200 more.
‘It’s Not All Sabai Sabai,’ Matchmaker of Thai Women and Danish Men Says
Filmed over a decade by a group of anthropologists, "Heartbound" follows Korat native Sommai, the first Thai wife in the Danish district of Thy, and the Isaan women she matches up with the local men.
www.khaosodenglish.com
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