| Description |
1 online resource (121 min.) |
| Summary |
Two families are employed by a landowner to work on his rice fields. One of them used to own their own land, but was evicted for being unable to keep up with his hefty loan payments. In the absence of machinery, they plant rice using traditional farming methods and an untrained buffalo. However, the low market prices for rice mean that they have to supplement their income with picking wild mushrooms. They also eat wild frogs, snakes and honeycomb when their income proves to be too meagre to feed the family. In contrast, a neighboring farmer, a retired teacher, farms his land organically and hopes to keep the land fertile with the rice stalks, so that he will always be able to grow food for himself. Thai director Uruphong Raksasad had grown up in the same village where the film is beautifully shot, and had chosen to use local farmers as his actors |
| Notes |
Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014) |
| Credits |
Editing, cinematography, Uruphong Raksasad |
| Cast |
Prayat Čhummā, Somnưk Mungmư̄ang, Sāi Čhummā, Nikō̜n Mungmư̄ang, Somphong Čhummā |
| Event |
Recorded in Thailand |
| Notes |
This edition in Thai with English subtitles |
| Subject |
Rice farmers -- Thailand, Northern -- Drama
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Economic history.
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Rice farmers.
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Social conditions.
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| SUBJECT |
Thailand, Northern -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Drama
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Thailand, Northern -- Economic conditions -- 20th century -- Drama
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| Subject |
Northern Thailand.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Drama.
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Nonfiction films.
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Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Documentaires.
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Films autres que de fiction.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Phimphakā Tōwira, film producer
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Ưruphong Raksāsat, film director
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Prayat Čhummā, contributor
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Somnưk Mungmư̄ang, contributor
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Sāi Čhummā, contributor
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Nikō̜n Mungmư̄ang, contributor
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Somphong Čhummā, contributor
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Extra Virgin (Firm), production company
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