Interestingly the movie then cuts sharply to the Thai perspective, using Faivre’s character to tell the counterpoint and the inevitable collision between somewhat ignorant, but basically well-intentioned, foreigners and the local reality of the “paradise” to which they’ve escaped.
      “I understand why so many foreigners just end up going to Asia, or Thailand, in this case. It’s just so relaxing and chill and laid back and the cost of living is so much cheaper,” Faivre says. “You can live here in New York and have an okay life, or go to Thailand, and you end up living like a king. I guess people just get drawn to that, and they just start abusing and being self-destructive, depending on what they’re there for.”
     A New Yorker going on five years now, Faivre has opted for the opposite decision and now spends a good chunk of her time in the city hunting down less destructive pleasures, like amazing Thai food. Her favorite these days is a restaurant called Bennie’s Thai Café on Fulton in the Financial District. “I probably order from them three or four times a day,” she admits. “I’ve never had so much Thai food in my life.”