The Teacher's Diary | |
Native Name: | Thai: คิดถึงวิทยา |
Director: | Nithiwat Tharathorn |
Producer: | Jira Maligool Vanridee Pongsittisak Suvimon Techasupinun Chenchonnee Soonthonsaratul |
Starring: | Laila Boonyasak Sukrit Wisetkaew Sukollawat Kanarot |
Music: | Hualampong Riddim Vichaya Vatanasapt |
Cinematography: | Naruphol Chokanapitak |
Editing: | Pongsakorn Charnchalermchal Thammarat Sumethsupachok |
Studio: | Jorkwang films |
Distributor: | GTH |
Runtime: | 90 minutes |
Country: | Thailand |
Language: | Thai |
The Teacher's Diary (Thai: คิดถึงวิทยา;) is a 2014 Thai romance drama film directed by Nithiwat Tharathorn. It was selected as the Thai entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.[1] [2] The film was remade in Hindi as Notebook, released in March 2019.
An out of work male teacher accepts an offer to teach in a remote school based on a run down houseboat. There he read a diary left behind by the previous year's teacher - a woman banished from her city school for refusing to remove her tattoo. He becomes attracted to the writer and writes comments in the diary. When he leaves and she returns, she reads his comments and a mutual regard develops.