The Master (2014)

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‟The Master‟ looks at movie piracy in Thailand and worldwide. It tells the story of a man who opened a bootleg video store that introduced art and rare films from around the world to Thai customers. Motivated by a love of cinema, in an era when art films were not available in Thailand, this shop sold pirated videotapes of films with no Thai distribution, thus becoming the only place providing such films. Its customers and employees are now Thailand’s major film directors, scenarists and critics. The shop, Van Vdo, allowed them to see otherwise unattainable films and thus helped to foster an entire generation of film culture.