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Chocolate

Prachya Pinkaew, director of Ong Bak: The Thai Warrior, returns with CHOCOLATE, an explosive new martial arts masterpiece starring his new protégé, “Jija” Yanin Vismistananda, who spent five years training for the role. Jija plays Zen, a young autistic girl who grows up next to a Muay Thai boxing studio and is raised on a steady diet of chocolate and marathon viewings of Tony Jaa and Bruce Lee films. Zen’s father, a Japanese gangster, has been driven out of the country by a rival Thai gang, so her mother has been forced to raise her alone. 

It becomes clear over time that Zen has miraculously absorbed formidable Muay Thai techniques from watching the boxers next door and repeated viewings of martial arts classics. When Zen’s mother is diagnosed with cancer and the cost of treatments prove overwhelming for the family, Zen sets out with her cousin on a violent mission to collect debts from the corrupt gangsters that owe her mother money. 

Featuring death-defying stunts and a charming newcomer who is sure to blow the minds of martial arts fans everywhere, CHOCOLATE represents Prachya’s proper follow-up to the smash success of Ong Bak.

  

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Magnet is the genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, specializing in films from the vanguard of horror, action, comedy and Asian cinema, and the home of genre classics like Tomas Alfredson’s LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, Takeshi Miike's 13 ASSASSINS, Gareth Edward's MONSTERS, Neil Marshall's sword and sandals bloodbath CENTURION, Tony Jaa's ONG BAK trilogy, and the terrifying V/H/S and ABCS OF DEATH anthologies to name a few. Recent releases include all-female-helmed horror anthology film XX, legendary director Takashi Miike’s 100th film BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL, Michael Beach Nichols’ urban legend nightmare WRINKLES THE CLOWN, Romola Garai’s Sundance horror-thriller AMULET, John Hyams directed thriller ALONE, Mads Mikkelsen revenge-thriller RIDERS OF JUSTICE, horror thriller AGNES from director Mickey Reece, Norwegian disaster epic THE BURNING SEA, sci-fi thriller ULTRASOUND, TIFF Midnight Madness horror-thriller YOU ARE NOT MY MOTHER, from Irish filmmaker Kate Dolan; and Carlota Pereda’s visceral Sundance Midnight hit PIGGY. Upcoming releases include Mali Elfman’s Tribeca supernatural road movie NEXT EXIT, BABY RUBY, the unsettling feature directorial debut of award-winning playwright Bess Wohl, starring Noémie Merlant and Kit Harington, and Quentin Dupieux Cannes Midnight comedy SMOKING CAUSES COUGHING.