A film by Uruphong Raksasad (STORIES FROM THE NORTH, 2006)

 

Synopsis: 

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 happiness.

How can we dream of utopia while our stomach is still grumbling?  

 

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122 minutes, HDV, Colour, In Thai with English Subtitles, 2009 

Director:                            Uruphong Raksasad
Producer:                           Pimpaka  Towira
Associate Producer:           Mai Meksawan
Cinematographer:               Uruphong Raksasad
Assistant Director:              Kriangsak Wittaya-aniwat
Office Coordinator:              Narisara Saisanguansat
Editor:                               Uruphong Raksasad
Assistant Editor:                Nitivat Cholvanichsiri
Sound Re-recording Mixer:  Akritchalerm Kalayanamitr
Production /
International Sales:             Extra Virgin

 

Supported by:

    

Hubert Bals Fund, Digital Production, International Film Festival Rotterdam
Office of Contemporary Art and Culture, Ministry of Culture, Thailand 

                              

                

Director’s Statement:

 
Apart from filmmaking, what interests me to an equal extent is agriculture. I feel it is among mankind’s most noble professions.

To compare, in agriculture we get to produce food from the soil for direct consumption, while other occupations only produce us income for buying food.

Modern agriculture is facing problems on many levels, from land ownership to national policy’s focus on economic growth and international competition. What are all these for ultimately? I wonder if globalization forces today have become much more powerful than national governments. I don’t know where it will take us.