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  • 2011
  • Extra Virgin
  • 2 h 2 m
  • 2011
  • Extra Virgin
  • 2 h 2 m
Agrarian Utopia

Summary Facing seizure of their own lands, two families found themselves farming together on the same field, hoping to get through just another rice-farming season like every year. But no matter how much the world is evolving, how much the country is going through economic, political and social changes, they still cannot grasp that ideology of h...

Directed By: Uruphong Raksasad

Written By: Uruphong Raksasad

  • 2011
  • Extra Virgin
  • 2 h 2 m
  • 2011
  • Extra Virgin
  • 2 h 2 m

Agrarian Utopia

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Summary Facing seizure of their own lands, two families found themselves farming together on the same field, hoping to get through just another rice-farming season like every year. But no matter how much the world is evolving, how much the country is going through economic, political and social changes, they still cannot grasp that ideology of h...

Directed By: Uruphong Raksasad

Written By: Uruphong Raksasad

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Jun 7, 2011
This fascinatingly knotty movie never becomes a facile screed against the powers that be. Instead, it plays as a more relaxed and leisurely requiem for a slowly vanishing way of life, with sounds and images-a time-lapse contemplation of the cosmos is in the running for scene of the year-that are as mesmerizing as they are subtly pointed.
By Keith Uhlich FULL REVIEW
75
Jun 7, 2011
The Northern Thailand pastoral settings are so refreshing and mesmerizing that they alone can provide the movie's raison d'être.
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70
Jun 9, 2011
The mood is not one of misery, but of quiet, weary endurance punctuated with moments of joy.
By A.O. Scott FULL REVIEW
70
Jun 7, 2011
Raksasad manages to keep the film afloat on the real drama of his nation's political and social issues, bringing an added measure of poignancy to the quiet desperation of his characters.
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Release Date Jun 10, 2011
Duration 2 h 2 m
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Awards

Thailand National Film Association Awards
• 2 Wins & 4 Nominations
Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Asia Pacific Screen Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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