A Son of the Northeast

A Son of the Northeast

1982 · 137 min · ★ 8.0 · Drama

A historical drama set in the 1930s Isan province Thailand, telling the travails of a small clan of subsistence farmers and their village as a particularly bad drought reduces them to bush living.

Directed by Vichit Kounavudhi · Written by Vichit Kounavudhi

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