Me and the Magic Door

Synopsis:

Docudrama feature film produced by the ITALIAN EMBASSY in Bangkok in 2022. It’s focused on the work of Italian architects, artists, and designers in Siam (later Thailand) at the end of the 19th and in the early decades of the 20th Century. Following a narrative structure, the documentary illustrates Italian cultural legacy in Thailand, as well as the foundation of relations between the two countries.

The Story: Fai is a 28-year-old girl from Turin, born from an Italian mother and a Thai father. Their parents are now divorced, and her father, now a successful engineer, has come back to Thailand. She returns to Bangkok, her hometown, to write an article on the work of Italian architects in Thailand commissioned by a design magazine to her because of her dual identity. Fai begins to visit places sometimes with a childhood friend, other times with experts on architectural and historical matter. She lets herself go to the evocative atmosphere of these places finding a way to connect better different elements of her multi-cultural identity.