The Thai Interpreter

R:13+

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English & Thai (Thai Subtitle) Ladawan, a court interpreter worn down by years of witnessing fellow Thai immigrants abandoned by an indifferent legal system, is at her breaking point and ready to quit. Her resignation is delayed when she’s assigned to interpret for Noot, a young Thai woman caught in the brutal aftermath of human trafficking and now unjustly criminalized by the law. Initially detached, Ladawan quickly sees herself reflected in Noot’s plight. As their bond strengthens, Ladawan is forced to confront her own complicated relationship with a career she once believed in deeply all the while navigating the whole affair with a George Simpson, an on the rocks attorney who is dangerously close to leaving law and however through Ladawan’s intervention he begins to see a way to save his client and begin to care again about his job. This all unravels while Ladawan starts a relationship with Nicholas, a shy and inquisitive man who helps Ladawan reflect on her relationship to h