Son of the Northeast

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Son of the Northeast

The Thai VCD cover.
Directed by Vichit Kounavudhi
Written by Vichit Kounavudhi
Kampoon Boonthavee (novel)
Cinematography Porniti Virayasiri
Release date(s) Flag of Thailand 1982
Running time 120 min.
Country Thailand
Language Thai
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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. The film is directed by Vichit Kounavudhi and 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.

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