Fathers(2016)- Thai Movie Review

Country- Thailand
Release year- 2016
Duration- 1hr. 45 mins

Synopsis:
A gay couple has adopted an abandoned child named Butr since he was a baby. When the child goes into grade one at school, he is made fun of not having a mother by his school friends, which makes the once-specialty that he has two fathers undesirable. Consequently, the son begins to ask about his own mother, and that causes some discomfort to the fathers to answer. Following the advent of Rattiya, the director of the Children’s Right Protection Organization, everything in the family is changed. Her suggestions and the dig-up for Butr’s background causes even more tension to Phoon and Yuke. The couple doesn’t have so many options but to choose what is best for their son, even though they may be in despair.

The movie deals with the delicate subject of gay parenting where homosexuality is still a stigma and effect on child's development compared to having straight parents.
Its a universal story many people might be facing such problems. It will take years for laws to change, but also many more years for society to be more tolerant towards one another and recognize that the core values which make a family function, are not related to gender or number of parents... I hope this movie will help change people's hearts. So the movie start with a happy family, and moves on with the answers the child is curious about as he was growing up and seeing things around him. How to explain a child about his parents being gay and where his mother is. Worries whether our child become gay like us by seeing us. The movie shows every aspect as raw as possible, that these parents are flawed humans who must reconcile who they are against the constraints of social expectations.

Its a thoughtful, feel-good film that'll help you learn more about their challenges in life and parenting.
Acting is top-notch, the chemistry between the couples and the beautiful family bond is perfectly portrayed.

Rating: 8/10