Cinematch

"Do you happen to have a power bank?" Some romances begin with a long look across a room. Cinematch (หมี่ซีนีม่า) begins with a dead phone and an offer to charge it in a stranger's room, a story that later gets retold in the most misleading way possible, to loud protests.

The guy with the dead phone is San, a third year production major. The guy with the room is Bamee, a senior film major who has been begging San to audition for his film. San finally shows up, mostly so Bamee will stop asking, and Bamee insists on a second, better audition because the role is, in his words, so San.

The role is Summer. Summer is the male lead of Bamee's film, a charmer who makes anyone fall for him at first sight, and wherever he goes, the sound of his saxophone follows. San is less convinced he fits, and one practical question lands on the table: can he even play the saxophone? The trailer captions sum up the mood: this is what happens when your dream character appears in front of you.

Then the shoot turns into a courtship. A cat named Guay Teow always has people feeding him, which prompts one very bold question: if I were a hungry cat right now, would you feed me? The answer is a challenge to prove it. The proof is a single "meow". Uff.

Of course, the past wants another take. Somebody shows up to audition after seeing that a role is still open, and the question gets asked out loud: can an old situationship work on the same set as a new one? When your heart calls action, the trailer warns, love may still have to call cut.