Pattaya (film)

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Pattaya
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Franck Gastambide
Written by Franck Gastambide
Stéphane Kazandjian
Produced by Éric Altmayer
Nicolas Altmayer
Pascal Bonnet
Starring Franck Gastambide
Malik Bentalha
Anouar Toubali
CinematographyRenaud Chassaing
Edited by Laure Gardette
Music by DJ Kore
Production
company
Distributed by Gaumont Film Company
Release date
  • 24 February 2016 (2016-02-24)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$7.6 million
Box office$13.4 million [1]

Pattaya, known as Good Guys Go to Heaven, Bad Guys Go to Pattaya internationally, [2] is a 2016 French comedy film directed by and starring Franck Gastambide.

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Plot

Franky (Gastambide) and Krimo (Malik Bentalha) dream of leaving their grim neighborhood for a trip to the famously sleazy Thai resort of Pattaya. To save money the two register their friend Karim (Anouar Toubali) to the Muay Thai Dwarf World Championship, behind his back. But what was to be for them a dream vacation will turn into the craziest and most dangerous adventure of their lives.

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References

  1. "Pattaya". Box Office Mojo.
  2. "'Good Guys Go to Heaven, Bad Guys Go to Pattaya': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter . 18 March 2016.