Son of the Northeast
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Son 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.
1982 in film
-Events:* March 26 = I Ought to Be in Pictures, starring Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret and Dinah Manoff is released. Manoff would not appear in another movie until 1987's Backfire.* June = PG-rated film E.T...
historical drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
set in 1930s Isan
Isan
Isan is the northeastern region of Thailand. It is located on the Khorat Plateau, bordered by the Mekong River to the north and east, by Cambodia to the southeast and the Prachinburi mountains south of Nakhon Ratchasima...
, or northeastern Thailand. The film is directed by Vichit Kounavudhi
Vichit Kounavudhi
Vichit Kounavudhi was a Thai film director and screenwriter. His works include the docudrama Son of the Northeast.-Early career:...
and is based on a S.E.A. Write Award
S.E.A. Write Award
The S.E.A. Write Award, or Southeast Asian Writers Award, is an award that has been presented annually since 1979 to poets and writers in Southeast Asia....
-winning book by Kampoon Boonthavee. Filmed in a documentary
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
style, the story follows a tight-knit group of Isan subsistence farmers as they struggle against drought and other depredations.