IMDB rating 7.6 <br /> A tongue in cheek documentary about a group of lady-boys from Bangkok who travel to a small farming village in northern Thailand to stage a beauty contest. <br />The group is lead by charismatic leader Miss Kay who arranged the contest in the village where she grew up as a child. <br /> The film follows the contest and her subsequent return 7 years later. <br />The film contains no objectionable material unless you are offended by lady-boys in general so a PG rating would be accurate. <br /> There is no commentary as is normal in Unspoken asia episodes and there are hard-coded subtitles where necessary. <br /> It has been generally well received as a modest but fascinating look at a usually undocumented way of life. It is coherent but has some somewhat surreal touches. <br /> The filming is competent and it looks well for such a low budget and the limited technology involved. Its a one-man affair so it's idiosyncratic and restricted to one man -one camera but the result belies that with rapid shifts and crafty editing. I am writing this on behalf of the filmmaker as he wants a review here but this is my opinion. <br /> I recommend viewing this as it's interesting and a capable contribution to the world of offbeat independent film making .
