{"id":38850,"date":"2014-09-09T03:45:14","date_gmt":"2014-09-09T07:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=38850"},"modified":"2023-02-13T03:49:10","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T08:49:10","slug":"strongest-of-lotus-2014-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/09\/strongest-of-lotus-2014-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Strongest of Lotus (2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/strongestoflotus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38851\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/strongestoflotus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/strongestoflotus.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/strongestoflotus-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/strongestoflotus-2x1.jpg 2w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>Director Patcharaphon Napapornpipat\u2019s short film about a disabled young girl finding her voice is a sweet if short slice of life that really lends credence to the idea of music changing the way we live and interact. Lalita Srisuka plays a disabled young girl whose life is filled with stares and ostracizing from people around her, including her own classmates. The only time she\u2019s capable of escaping is when she retreats to her music, which allows her to block out reality and lose herself in the world she creates.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>When she meets a music teacher, who gives her the ability to close off the looks and laughs and gain confidence, she begins learning more and more about what magic music can accomplish. Patcharaphon Napapornpipat\u2019s directing matched with the sharp editing make \u201cStrongest of Lotus\u201d a sweet and adorable drama with a very good performance by Lalita Srisuka.<\/p>\n<p>I enjoyed the message about the power of music and what it could do to people without the power or confidence to take on the world. Director Patcharaphon Napapornpipat explores how music is a wonderful tool well, and I enjoyed the fantasy world built around the medium. \u201cStrongest of Lotus\u201d is a sweet short film worth looking for, once it reaches festivals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Director Patcharaphon Napapornpipat\u2019s short film about a disabled young girl finding her voice is a sweet if short slice of life that really lends credence to the idea of music changing the way we live and interact. Lalita Srisuka plays a disabled young girl whose life is filled with stares and ostracizing from people around [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[367,501,698,766,938],"class_list":["post-38850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-foreign","tag-indie-film","tag-music","tag-performance","tag-short-film"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38850"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38852,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38850\/revisions\/38852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}