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Around last week, I saw this trailer of a Thai movie called "Seniors".  (p/s: "Runpee” is the Thai pronunciation of "seniors"）Coincidentally, my friend Khor tagged me on facebook about this movie so we went for this movie together on the following weekend.

上个星期吧，我无意间在网上看到一部叫“鬼学长”的泰国电影的预告片，光看预告片就已经很吸引人了。
结果当天，我的朋友khor就在脸书上标记我了。（接下来为了方便我打中文所以我们就称khor为长腿朋友吧）
这默契果然不一般，然后我们就约了星期六一起看这部戏啦。

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Trailer 1 and Trailer 2



!!! Spoilers alert
注：接下来写的东西会有些剧透。



Mon, the girl in the movie can actually sense supernatural stuff with her sense of smell. That's why from the beginning of the story, "senior" begs her to give him a hand to solve a murder case. The murder case happened at the place where Mon is currently studying at. It used to be a princess's home before it transformed into a school. Senior couldn't give up investigating because the suspected murderer of the princess was his relative, who is also the gardener. The gardener was given death sentence for something he didn't do. Not to mention that, most people would think Mon is crazy because she always talk by herself but the truth is, she was talking to the invisible Senior.
电影中的女主角能靠嗅觉能感应到灵异物体，所以从故事一开始，男主角也就是“鬼学长”就一直拜托女主角与他携手调查一件很久以前发生的命案，而命案发生的地点就位于女主角所在的学校，女主角的学校曾经是一位公主的家。男主角会对命案如此执着，是因为被告是男主角的亲戚，也就是当时死者公主家的园丁，最后被判死刑。
在别人眼里，女主角总是像神经病一样自言自语，事实上是女主角在与学长对话哈哈哈。

Characters list
Mon 女主角

• The girl who could sense ghost by smelling 可以透过嗅觉感应灵异物体

Senior 学长

•  The ghost from an older generation (very handsome as a ghost lol) 学长属于旧时代的人，看到女主角的笔记电脑还以为是电视机哈哈哈
• Asks helps from Mon to solve a murder case that happened long time ago 一直拜托女主角与他一起查案

• She was said to be missing but her ghost is behind the school wall 人们都说她失踪了，可是她的灵魂在学校墙壁后面

The gardener 园丁

1. Friendship view 友情角度

Mon's one and only friend - Ant
女主角唯一的的好朋友Ant（我们就称她为蚂蚁妹纸吧）

Ant, who is super friendly never gives up approaching Mon. They share a similarity which is, both of them always get bullied all the time. The difference is, Mon is tough while Ant is the opposite.
One day, Ant approaches Mon again but Mon scolded her fiercely, The truth is, Mon was actually scolding Senior instead of Ant. However, Ant still insist to give Mon a raincoat on a rainy day despite the fact that Mon "scolded" her earlier. After spending time together for quite a period, both of them became really good friends.
刚开始的时候，蚂蚁妹纸也是各种纠缠高冷无敌的女主角，而她们两个的共同点就是，两人总是被人找碴欺负。不同的是，女主角是个女汉子，而蚂蚁妹纸是个需要女主角保护的软妹纸。
某一天，女主角又像神经病一样只顾着骂没有人能看见的学长，完全无视了蚂蚁妹纸，而且在人家眼里，女主角就像在骂蚂蚁妹纸一样。可是神奇的是，蚂蚁妹纸非常大量，不但没生气，下雨天的时候还硬塞雨衣给踏脚车的女主角。虽然女主角高冷的要死，可是还是抵不过蚂蚁妹纸的软妹子魅力，长时间相处下来后，两个人成了很要好的闺蜜。

Ant fell in love and had sex with her chemistry teacher. (This part was a lil confusing because Ant realize she got pregnant in the washroom, but then Khor and I think that the pregnancy was fake as we continue watching the movie.)
Mon went to talk to the chemistry teacher, they didn't come to an agreement and Mon decided to report it to the police. Unfortunately, the teacher owns Ant's nudes. Mon started begging the teacher but the teacher was a jerk, he even wanted to sleep with Mon as a favor. Luckily, Mon did not fall for it and escaped from the scene.
期间，蚂蚁妹纸喜欢上了渣男化学老师，还发生了性关系。
（这一部分有些混乱，因为蚂蚁妹纸在厕所里发现自己怀孕了，可是我和长腿朋友分析了各种情况后，认为怀孕是假的）
女主角找上了渣男老师，妥协不成想要报警，可是渣男老师手上持有蚂蚁妹纸的裸照，女主角为了保护蚂蚁妹纸，放下脸皮各种哀求，可惜渣男脑中只有色念，连女主角也想上，幸好女主角并没有委屈自己，逃脱了魔掌。

One day, Mon went out for investigation with Senior again. When she's not around school, Ant got bullied by the other girls. They tear her clothes, hair...all the violent acts and someone even recorded it. After Mon got back, she found Ant crying alone in the store room. Like a loving sister, Mon takes care of Ant's wounds and stuff. They slept on the same bed and Ant started asking Mon about the guy (Senior) who stood beside of Mon the other day. Mon was surprised at the fact that Ant could see Senior because whoever who sees Senior are the ones who are dying. This also hinted that Ant's death is approaching.
某一天，女主角跟学长调查命案，不在校园时，蚂蚁妹纸又被身边的同学欺负，这次不只是语言上的攻击，还各种拳打扯头发扯衣服的，旁边还有人录制事发过程，这也就是所谓的校园霸凌了。女主角回到去后，发现默默一个人哭的蚂蚁妹纸，女主角就像像姐姐一样帮蚂蚁妹纸各种搽药、梳头发、换衣服……两人睡在同一张床上时，蚂蚁妹纸调戏般问起女主角在室外罚站的那一天，站在女主角身边的男生（学长）是谁，女主角一惊，因为只有快要接近死亡的人才能看见学长，这也预告了蚂蚁妹纸的死亡。

Soon, the video Ant got bullied and her nudes were uploaded to social media. She was really upset but at the same time she couldn't reach Mon (Mon was in detention), and so under all these stress, she decided to commit suicide by hanging herself at the school balcony. Mon only knew that Ant died after she ended her detention. She then asked Senior to help her to put on a revenge on the asshole chemistry teacher.
The revenge part was freak us out honestly especially when Khor and I have Trypophobia (which is also a fear of holes lol)
Khor didn't even watch the whole part lol
I was so scared that I don't know if I should cover my eyes or ears first (Well,I could actually close my own eyes while covering my ears lol)
The asshole teacher got horrified and he chose to report himself to the police and accept the punishment given.
On the other hand, the mean girl who always lead to bully Ant couldn't runaway from her guilt too. After apologizing to Mon, she told Mon that she keeps dreaming about Ant hanging herself in front of her. (This part was a lil creepy too T_T) She also mentioned the fact that Ant truly appreciates Mon.
蚂蚁妹纸被欺压的视频和裸照终究被上传至网络，崩溃的蚂蚁妹纸联络不上被禁足的女主角，想不开的情况下选择了在学校吊颈自尽。女主角得到好朋友身亡的消息是在自己刚结束了禁足惩罚后（因为半夜跟学长在图书馆查案时被老师发现所以被罚锁在密室里反省）
为了自己的好朋友，女主角拜托学长帮忙报复渣男老师。
话说，这一部分真的吓死有密集恐惧症的我和长腿妹纸了 ，长腿朋友完全没有看哈哈哈
各种特效真的做得很逼真，我只有两只手也不知道要遮眼睛还是盖耳朵 （你可以闭上眼睛然后再盖耳朵啊 = =）
渣男老师因为受不了各种恐吓，选择自首，接受法律裁制。
另一边，总是带领欺负蚂蚁妹纸的小婊砸也不好受，在给蚂蚁妹纸鲜花后，向女主角道歉，还坦诚蚂蚁妹纸身亡后，小婊砸总是梦见蚂蚁妹纸在她面前自杀（这一部分也有些小恐怖），而且也一直强调蚂蚁妹纸是多么地疼惜女主角。

After all these ended, Mon looked at Ant's phone and the wallpaper was their last selfie together. Suddenly, Mon sensed that Ant's around her. Lastly, Ant left after leaving her last words to Mon.
蚂蚁妹纸的事都结束后，女主角看了看蚂蚁妹纸的手机，屏幕墙纸依然是蚂蚁妹纸生前与女主角最后的自拍合照，女主角突然嗅到属于蚂蚁妹纸的味道，耳边传来蚂蚁妹纸最后的信息，蚂蚁妹纸总算是没有遗憾地离开了。

Honestly, I'm really envious of their friendship. Mon would always do her best to protect and take care of Ant while Ant would always give Mon the best. Their friendship is one of the most important messages I got from this movie.
老实说，我真的很羡慕女主角和蚂蚁妹纸两人之间的友情，女主角会为了蚂蚁妹纸放下脸皮，想尽办法保护和照顾蚂蚁妹纸；蚂蚁妹纸也总是把最好的留给女主角。这大概是我在这部电影里得到最重要的信息之一了。

2. About love (relationship) 感情方面

Let's leave Mon and senior's love story aside. The victim princes's dead lawyer (who is also one of Senior's suspects) would never leave Mon and Senior alone. He would always interrupt the two in a very evil and brutal way.
The dead lawyer made his first appearance when Mon is asking the dead lawyer's wife questions regarding the case downstairs while senior is finding the documents upstairs. The dead lawyer then started fighting with Senior and he tried to kill Mon. The wife's gunshot successfully stopped the drama. Here comes the question, how did the dead lawyer's wife saw senior and her husband's ghosts? This hinted her upcoming death.
There was a scene where she was left alone in the house and she started talking to her husband. After that, she killed herself.
Mon and senior got interrupted while they are investigating the case in the library again, but this time, it wasn't only the dead lawyer, but he and his wife, such a sweet couple lol
This is also the factor why Mon got detention.
The reason why the dead lawyer would never leave the two alone is because, his wife killed the victim princess's secretary. He was concern that the two would find out what his wife did.Although the dead lawyer was so evil, but then all he wanted to do was to protect his wife's sins. I guess this is where love comes in.
先不说学长和女主角的爱情故事吧， 公主当时的律师（学长认为的嫌疑犯之一）的鬼魂总是打扰女主角和学长调查案件，律师的鬼魂也算是到了恶灵的程度。
第一次出现的时候，女主角正在他家楼下访问他老婆；学长则在楼上寻找资料。律师恶灵就开是不管三七二十一跟学长打架 （啊 你这老头体力还真不错啊），还想掐死上楼探个究竟的女主角，最后学长和律师恶灵的闹剧因律师老婆的枪声而阻止。疑点来了，为什么律师老婆能看见这两个灵魂呢？这也暗示了律师老婆的死亡。
律师老婆一个人在家时像是与丈夫对话一样，最后选择了吞子弹自尽。
女主角和学长在图书馆查案的时候又遇到了恶灵的阻碍，只是不同的是，这次是恶灵夫妻档，因为律师老婆也成了恶灵（啊 两夫妻感情真好 = =）
这也是女主角半夜溜进图书馆被老师发现后惩罚的原因。
最后才知道，律师恶灵为了隐瞒当年老婆谋杀了公主的秘书的罪行，所以一直阻止女主角和学长查案。我想，虽然律师恶灵这老头子一点也不善良，可是终究还只是想要保护犯下罪行的妻子啊。

What I'm going to say next is about a special character in this movie,who is the super sunshine doctor who likes Mon very much. At the beginning, I thought he was just being nice to Mon but then the truth is, he likes Mon a lot. Mon would ask help from the doctor to get some documents from the hospital. She also promised to have dinner with him in return. Super sunshine doctor said that Mon's name must have came from the cartoon "Doraemon", but then Mon replied that her name came from the word "Demon". However, super sunshine doctor didn't give up. He went to search for the best mashed potato place as it is Mon's favorite food. How sweet is that!? He also bought Mon a special demon look Doraemon toy lol
He's probably Khor and my favorite character. You can feel all the positive vibes from his role.
接下来要说的也不是学长和女主角之间的爱情，而是电影里一个特别的小角色，也就是仰慕女主角的医生了！一开始，我以为阳光男医生只是特别照顾女主角（因为女主角总是去探望在医院里的阿姨），结果才发现他！非！常！喜！欢！女！主！角！啊！
女主角会去拜托阳光男医生已取得与案件有关的医院资料，而作为补偿，女主角答应与医生共餐。在阳光男医生说女主角的名字 Mon一定是Doraemon的意思后，女主角恐吓医生回答说 “我名字里的Mon其实是Demon（恶魔）的Mon”。尽管如此，阳光男医生依然保持开朗的心态，继续约女主角，记得女主角喜欢吃蕃薯泥还去找了有好吃的蕃薯泥餐厅。对了，他还买了个恶魔造型的哆啦A梦给女主角哈哈哈
阳光男医生大概是我和长腿朋友最喜欢的角色了，非常正能量，是这部恐怖电影里最治愈的人类角色了。


Finally, what I remember about senior and Mon is where senior gets jealous. It's really cute that he tries to make the restaurant's lights go wrong and bangs the door whenever Mon's with the super sunshine doctor. They could walk together like normal people (Although Mon got misunderstood as some mental disable person again as she talk by herself lol) and both of them love the same old vintage photo gallery place. The scene where senior rescued her was really heroic, plus their skinship was pretty rare throughout the whole movie.  Senior remembered his death after the mystery case was solved, he had to leave as souls can only stay in the human world for a limited time. In the end, Mon wrote him a letter cause senior once told her that his generation wrote letters to know girls. Mon saw the news that their favorite vintage photo gallery place are going to dismantle and her laptop screen appeared a message which told her to keep an eye on the rightmost corner photo. So, she still manage to see senior's face in the end :)
终于来到女主角和学长的部分了，我印象最深刻的是，学长因为妒忌，故意弄坏阳光男医生和女主角约会地点的灯。过后阳光男医生在医院想约女主角的时候，学长又故意扇门吓医生。虽然一个是人类，另一个是鬼魂，他们却可以像普通男女一样散步（虽然过程中女主角自言自语又被路人当成神经病），两人都喜欢在旧照相馆前欣赏照片。学长在电影里有英雄救美的部分，学长公主抱女主角的时候特别帅气，因为那是他们少有的身体接触啊。可惜人鬼恋是不可能的，学长解开了谜团并想起自己的死因后，便消失了（灵魂逗留在人间是有期限的）。电影接近尾声的时候，女主角给学长写了信，学长是旧年代的人，他曾经告诉过女主角说，他那个年代都是靠书信认识女生的（我觉得很浪漫有没有）。随后，女主角得知他们喜欢的旧照相馆要被拆了，电脑屏幕一黑，出现一排字，说的是让女主角留意照相馆右下角的照片，所以让人欣慰的是，女主角还是看到了学长的样子。




3. The ending, the truth, the father and karma 结局、真相、父亲和因果报应

The one who killed the victim princess was the current headmistress (also a nun) of this school. The princess was actually an evil person and she adopted the young headmistress. The young headmistress was also the daughter of the princess's lover (the old doctor). One day, the princess wanted to catch the runaway young headmistress, but then she fell by the poolside and the young headmistress pushed her into the pool (a lil illogical I know). The young headmistress tried to rescue the princess but failed to do so and that leads to the princess's death.
其实杀害公主真正的凶手是现任学校的修女院长，公主领养了当时还是小女孩的修女院长，而修女院长又是公主的情人（老医生）的女儿。公主是个狠毒的女人，总是虐待小修女院长。有一天，公主为了抓住逃跑的小修女院长，在泳池旁边滑倒了，撞到头部流血不止，最后被小修女院长推进水池里（好吧我也觉得有点不逻辑），虽然随后小修女院长也有想办法救狠毒的公主可是公主还是溺毙死了。

The old doctor did several things to protect his daughter:
(i) He made the gardener the murderer
(ii) The princess was so powerful and she would only let the old doctor to choose one between his wife and daughter to live. The old doctor sacrificed his own wife after she gave birth to their daughter.
(iii) When senior was still alive, he actually went to visit the old doctor to ask him about the case. He even went to the poolside but then he got shot by the old doctor because he was afraid that senior would find out about his daughter's crime. That is why Mon sensed the smell of bullets (senior's death) when she went to the poolside.
(iv) The old doctor wanted to kill Mon as well. Senior wasn't the only one who saved Mon, the old doctor's dead wife pushed him down the clock tower too. I guess this is his karma.

老医生为了维护女儿：
(i)把杀害公主的罪行推卸于园丁身上
(ii)因为公主的势力很大，老医生在妻子和女儿之间只能选一，所以在老医生的妻子生完孩子后，亲自在妻子身上打了药素，牺牲了妻子。
(iii)学长生前拜访老医生后，自己还去了泳池查案，老医生因为担心女儿的罪行会被揭发，因此开枪杀死了学长。这也是为什么女主角在案发现场嗅到了子弹的味道 （学长的死亡）
(iv)老医生本来也想从钟楼推下女主角，可是女主角除了被学长英雄救美以外，老医生的妻子突然出现把老医生从钟楼推下，这也算是因果报应吧。

I really like the way Thai movies portray the story lines. Most of their story lines makes sense and they always try to bring out some kind of message to the audience.
I would really recommend you to watch this movie if it's still up at your place. The story line is quite special and it is also a great movie to watch with your crush ;)
我一直都很欣赏泰国电影的故事情节，不会太过没有逻辑，而且总会带出一些重要的信息。如果这部电影在你所在的地方还没下映的话，推荐你去看喔，故事剧情很特别，而且有暧昧对象的话，这部电影就更适合不过啦。

Jannine Weigel who played Mon is mix of German and Thai. She's a youtuber btw, she covered many songs and she also sang for the OST of this movie! I also can't believe that she's at the same age as my younger sister, both of them were born in year 2000.

• Jannine's youtube channel here
• Jannine's Instagram here
• Senior's instagram here
• Super sunshine doctor's instagram here