Asian Handicap

Anyone who has ever tugged a loose thread on their sweater knows how easily things can unravel with a single action. This is also occasionally true of life, as Beck painfully discovers in a few short days during the World Cup. Set against the colorful backdrop of northern Thailand, Asian Handicap follows this ex-pat down the potholed slope of gambling, drugs and a woman already spoken for. As his carefully crafted world is pulled apart, Beck watches as fate relentlessly hammers away at his livelihood, his reputation and his happiness. Why do the innocent suffer for the deeds of fools? Or perhaps it’s that no one is really innocent. Whatever the truth, few can deny that in the end our lives are essentially beyond our control. Witness this whirlwind ride of Chiang Mai bars, the opaque realm of underground football gambling and the myriad characters that fuel its existence – day in day out.