Drama · Thailand · 1977 · 1h 0m

Tongpan

ทองปาน

Tongpan poster
Director
Euthana MukdasanitSurachai ChantimatornPaijong LaisagoonRassamee Phaoluangthong
Cast
Ong-art Ponethon as Tongpan Phomhom Pilasombat as Tongpan's Wife Ruengyos Srisorodsakul as College Student Khamsing Srinawk as Academic at Seminar Sane Chamarik as Speaker at Seminar Peter Bell as Hydro-electricity Expert at Seminar
Crew
Frank Green — Director of Photography Paijong Laisagoon — Editor Surachai Chantimatorn — Original Music Composer Witthayakon Chiangkun — Screenplay Paijong Laisagoon — Screenplay Khamsing Srinawk — Screenplay
Synopsis

Tongpan is a 1977 Thai 16 mm black-and-white docudrama that re-creates a seminar that took place in Northeast Thailand in 1975 to discuss the proposed Pa-Mong Dam on the Mekong. Interwoven are sequences depicting a poor farmer, Tongpan, who had lost his land to another dam some years before, and his struggles to make ends meet.

Mood & Themes
politicsdocudrama
Key Collaborators
Euthana Mukdasanit Director Surachai Chantimatorn Director Paijong Laisagoon Director Rassamee Phaoluangthong Director Frank Green Director of Photography Paijong Laisagoon Editor Surachai Chantimatorn Original Music Composer Witthayakon Chiangkun Screenplay Paijong Laisagoon Screenplay Khamsing Srinawk Screenplay
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