Best friends Ib and Boum are distraught by family difficulties and are determined to commit suicide together. However, when Ib pulls the trigger, Boum gets scared and reneges on their deal. Twenty years later, it is clear that Ib is still waiting for Boum to fulfil what she promised.
Sophon Sakdaphisit, the director behind the smash-hit Laddaland (2011), has returned to form with this 2017 horror-drama that, similar to his other films, tackles Thai social issues head-on. The director made a bold choice in setting his film, The Promise, against the backdrop of Thailand's financial crisis of 1997. He did not shy away from the fact that this crisis caused untold suffering in countless Thai households and personal lives.
The Promise caused a huge stir at its premiere, becoming the first Thai movie ever to film in the renowned Sathorn Unique Tower in Bangkok. If you want to know what it's like inside this abandoned skyscraper, watch this film.