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STARRING

David Kross
as BEN

Actor

Apinya Sakuljaroensuk
as Sreykeo

Actress

Jens Harzer
as Henry

Actor.

Michael Ostrowski
as Alex

Actor.

REVIEWS

SCREENS

WEST MILTON CITY

Same Same But Different is a 2009 German film, a love story starring David Kross and Apinya Sakuljaroensuk. It was directed by Detlev Buck.[1] The script follows Benjamin Prüfer's 2006 autobiographical magazine article,[2] later published as a novel in 2007.

The title of Same Same But Different is indeed an Asian-English phrase, mainly used in Thailand, although the film is set in Cambodia.[3]

The film first premiered at the 62nd Locarno International Film Festival on 13 August 2009.

Plot

Benjamin (David Kross), a German high school student, is a backpacker on his first major tour. In a nightclub in Phnom Penh, he meets a young local girl, Sreykeo (played by Apinya Sakuljaroensuk), and rapidly falls in love with her. Ben opts for this love, even though Sreykeo turns out to be HIV positive and seems to be a prostitute. It is based on the true story of Sreykeo Sorvan and Benjamin Prüfer.[4]