MINT: CFF Human Resource 最后的KPI

Working in HR, Fren closely observes people’s lives through interviews with numerous young new hires at her unjust company. No one knows she’s one month pregnant and quietly grappling with whether to bring a child into this difficult world.

Programme Strand: Special Screening

Curators’ notes: On the ultrasound screen, a tiny black dot becomes the most consequential variable in Fren’s life. As she spends her days assessing other people’s potential in interviews, she also weighs the future of the “human resource” taking shape inside her. The steady rhythm of the treadmill and the classical music playing in the car mark an unspoken negotiation with this new life. Her husband’s protection resembles another inescapable one-way road, while the turbulence and noise beyond the car window are hers to face alone. Moving at a measured pace, the film turns a pregnant woman’s anxiety into a lens on the impasse of modern existence, where silence becomes both strength and resolve. (Yaxuan Dai)

Year of Production: 2025
Duration: 122 min
Genres: Drama
Production Countries/Regions: Thailand
Dialogue Language(s): Thai
Subtitle Language(s): English Italian
Director(s): Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit

Producer(s): Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit, Pacharin Surawatanapongs
Premiere Status: North England Premiere
Key Casts: Prapamonton Eiamchan, Paopetch Charoensook, Chanakan Rattana-Udom, Pimmada Chaisaksoen

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