Tongpan (1977)

01/01/1977 (TH) • 1h

Drama, Documentary

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Phomhom Pilasombat

Tongpan's Wife

Ruengyos Srisorodsakul

College Student

Khamsing Srinawk

Academic at Seminar

Sane Chamarik

Speaker at Seminar

Peter Bell

Hydro-electricity Expert at Seminar

Sulak Sivaraksa

Seminar Participant


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Status

Released

Original Language

Lao

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

politics

docudrama

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