Film

A Little Thing Called Love

Name: A Little Thing Called Love
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: 2010
Cast: Mario Maurer, Pimchanok Luevisadpaibul, Sudarat Butrprom, Pijittra Siriwetchapan, Peerawat Herabat

Romance
Light-hearted

A Thai coming-of-age romance about an introverted girl who falls for a popular senior and discovers herself in the process. It's sweetly funny, genuinely touching, and interested in how adolescence reshapes you from the inside out. For anyone who remembers what it felt like to be invisible, then suddenly seen.

TMDb rating

3.9

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