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The Holy Man is a thailandais film of genre Comedy with Savika Chaiyadej
The Holy Man (2005)
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Add to a movie listThe Holy Man (Thai: หลวงพี่เท่ง or Luang Phii Teng) is a 2005 Thai comedy film. One of the top films at the Thai box office that year, it starred popular Thai television comedian, Pongsak Pongsuwan as a Buddhist monk.
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A monk comes to a small city and takes up residence at a small Buddhist temple. With his no-nonsense advice and humble ways, a new monk builds a following that starts to rival a flashy scam temple across town, making an enemy of its operator (Somlek Sakdikul).Actors
Savika Chaiyadej
Petchtai Wongkamlao
(Gangster)
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