The ILLUMINE Series

It began in Bangkok — a Thai girl, an aging filmmaker, the light of Talat Noi. The film grows from her story. The novels reimagine it in thirteen other cities, each shaped by the language and people who live there.

ILLUMINE: Bangkok
The Source Story
Where it began

ILLUMINE: Bangkok

Thailand · Thai & English

The Bangkok novel is the source story — the Thai girl, the aging filmmaker, the light of Talat Noi. The film grows from this book. The other thirteen novels reimagine the same seed story in cities and languages around the world.

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Retold Around the World
ILLUMINE: São Paulo
ILLUMINE: São Paulo
Brazil
Portuguese · English
ILLUMINE: Kathmandu
ILLUMINE: Kathmandu
Nepal
Nepali · English
ILLUMINE: Tokyo
ILLUMINE: Tokyo
Japan
Japanese · English
ILLUMINE: Seoul
ILLUMINE: Seoul
South Korea
Korean · English
ILLUMINE: Berlin
ILLUMINE: Berlin
Germany
German · English
ILLUMINE: Paris
ILLUMINE: Paris
France
French · English
ILLUMINE: Madrid
ILLUMINE: Madrid
Spain
Spanish · English
ILLUMINE: Napoli
ILLUMINE: Napoli
Italy
Italian · English
ILLUMINE: Apia
ILLUMINE: Apia
Samoa
Samoan · English
ILLUMINE: Honolulu
ILLUMINE: Honolulu
Hawaiʻi (USA)
Hawaiian · English
ILLUMINE: Manila
ILLUMINE: Manila
Philippines
Tagalog/Filipino · English
ILLUMINE: Nairobi
ILLUMINE: Nairobi
Kenya
Swahili · English
ILLUMINE: Dubai
ILLUMINE: Dubai
UAE
Arabic · English