Sirat Intarachote (4 Kings, App War) plays hard against type as a young painter, fresh out of a state institution and terrified of the violence rising in him. He keeps to himself in a Bangkok apartment, while one floor below lives a therapist, played by Anyarin Terathananpat, whose warm professional manner hides divorce wounds. Then one strange night locks their lives into a single orbit, and Someone Special swerves beautifully sideways. It starts as a dark psychological thriller and keeps mutating: damaged romance, deadpan psychodrama, gonzo chamber piece, and finally something too unclassifiable to sit still inside any genre. The wild card is a patient whose runaway erotomania sends bodies, genres, and good sense to the floor. Petong Sakulchai and Ariel Feng, New York Film Academy graduates, direct their first feature with no fear and no map.

Content advisory: Someone Special is a fantasy drama but does contain suicide related themes. Viewer discretion is advised.