Pen-ek Ratanaruang's black comedy-thriller 6ixty-nin9 could have been called Marion Crane Fights Back. If the anti-heroine of Psycho had lived in Bangkok and had killed Norman Bates before he got her, then Hitchcock's classic could well have turned out something like this.

The day after Tum (top Thai star Lalita Panyopas) loses her job because the bank is "downsizing", she finds a cardboard box stuffed with banknotes on her doorstep. One forged passport, one ticket to London and several burly corpses later, she's ready to kiss her old life goodbye, but events take several unexpected turns.