Son of the Northeast (1982)
- Original title
- ลูกอีสาน
- Directed by
- Vichit Kounavudhi
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Thailand
- Runtime
- 2h 17m
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In 1930s northeastern Thailand, a community of subsistence farmers battles drought and hardship. The film follows their daily struggles to survive and stick together.
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What happens
Son of the Northeast (Thai: ลูกอีสาน, or Look Isan, also Child of the Northeast) is a 1982 historical drama film set in 1930s Isan, or northeastern Thailand. Directed by Vichit Kounavudhi, the film is based on a S.E.A. Write Award-winning book by Kampoon Boonthavee. Filmed in a documentary style, the story follows a tight-knit group of Isan subsistence farmers as they struggle against drought and other depredations. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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