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One of three films commissioned by the Jeonju International Film Festival in 2006 It is a short film based on Beauty and an Airplane a short story by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Ratanaruangs film tells the story of a man Ananda Everingham who falls in love with a woman Khemapsom Sirisukha he sees at the checkin counter of an airport Most of the film takes place in the sleek blackened interior of the planes cabin the camera panning between the two seats lighting now one now the other of the occupants The two passengers never exchange a word title cards occasionally allowing us to know what the man is thinking Those familiar only with his work on Dumplings or Wong Karwais films might be surprised at cinematographer Christopher Doyles uncustomary restraint Christopher Doyle doubles as both taxi driver and captain in the film