AJSP Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Noticed there is an interesting documentary on the telly tonight (UK).Focuses on Denmark. Should be worth a watch Fishing for Love: How to Catch a Thai Bride Storyville A Storyville documentary. In a small fishing community on the west coast of Denmark, over 900 Thai women are married to local fishermen. The trend started 25 years ago when Sommai, a former sex worker from north east Thailand, married Niels. She became a matchmaker for lonely Danish locals and impoverished women from her village in Thailand. At first, these stories seem straightforward: white men from a wealthy country marrying Asian women looking for a way out of poverty, but a different, far more complex and surprising tale unfolds in the film. Over ten years, acclaimed film-maker Janus Metz and film-maker and anthropologist Sine Plambech follow four Thai-Danish couples in an intimate chronicle that explores universal questions of love and romance, while navigating wildly different cultures, and compromises that shift gradually and surprisingly from sacrifice to life choices. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 (edited) BBC4 10pm. Will try and stay awake for that Edited February 17, 2020 by galenkia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Have set record 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yessongs Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Let me know what and how this goes, would like to hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunder367 Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 iplayer at weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Interesting documentary , although found it depressing towards the end ... thought the conversations between the women in the first half were funny / enlightening.... I'll stick to renting 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Spice Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 I think this docu and the "match making" woman was mentionned in the BKK Post sometime ago, and I even posted it somewhere on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skalliwag Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 In the late 90’s early 2000’s all of the girls that used to live above the sugar shack,all ended up in Denmark. They were some really fun girls 👍👍👍 Not sure how things ended up,but half a dozen years later saw one back,with a kid and her Danish husband. They were all really hot,I know that. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nadia Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 only watched just over an hour found it very sad at times will watch the rest on bbc iplayer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJSP Posted February 18, 2020 Author Share Posted February 18, 2020 Well, that was worth the watch, very thought provoking for those who have wives from NE Thailand who have moved overseas to join their foreign husbands ( I all into this category) It was depresssing at times but also having some positives and with this social documentaries, it is a record of what goes on in real life, sacrifices we make and things we do in seeking out a better life. The latter part of the documentary dealt with death, heartache, betrayal and ill health with a smattering of positivity with one of the ladies Thai born Sons being accepted into a prestigious Capital City Hotel on a catering apprenticeship. For me, it was a reminder of what my wife has scarified to come to the UK and raises the question of would I have done the same for her?. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coxyhog Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 5 hours ago, AJSP said: Well, that was worth the watch, very thought provoking for those who have wives from NE Thailand who have moved overseas to join their foreign husbands ( I all into this category) It was depresssing at times but also having some positives and with this social documentaries, it is a record of what goes on in real life, sacrifices we make and things we do in seeking out a better life. The latter part of the documentary dealt with death, heartache, betrayal and ill health with a smattering of positivity with one of the ladies Thai born Sons being accepted into a prestigious Capital City Hotel on a catering apprenticeship. For me, it was a reminder of what my wife has scarified to come to the UK and raises the question of would I have done the same for her?. My wife came here to England via the middle east 28 years ago.Me doing the same for her was out of the question because I was the money earner. As they say in the PI 'You got the Peso,you got the sayso'. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skalliwag Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 I’ll have to wait till someone uploads it to YouTube. Might recognize some of the girls.😁😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yesitisdakid Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Yes still waiting for a torrent or upload to youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yesitisdakid Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 https://thepiratebays.live/torrent/36067085/BBC_Storyville_2020_Fishing_for_Love_How_to_Catch_a_Thai_Bride_1 Now on PB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqualung Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 My second viewing of this programme. The first time I saw it was in Sweden and it had Danish subtitles and I kind of guessed that in some parts it was sad. Tonight I watched it on i player with English subtitles which made it even more sad. Felt sorry for the girl who's mother died of kidney failure and then a couple of weeks later I think her aunt was killed by a car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyman Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Very good, and so nice to see a documentary featuring Pattaya without the usual sanctimonious, sleazy commentary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemondropkid Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Just watched it, enthralling, well-made but very sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldr1 Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 yeah good show watched it on vgtv in norway a few months back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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