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

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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