
26 May 2005

The Tin Mine
A failed engineering student in the late 1940s gets the unexpected education of a lifetime by working for four years in a rainforest tin mine.
A collection of short films by five Thai directors imagining their country ten years into the future.
Kaen (segment "Sunset")
Ann (segment "Sunset")
Lieutenant (segment "Sunset")
Auntie Nid (segment "Sunset")
Sergeant (segment "Sunset")
Cop Dui (segment "Sunset")
Somkid (segment "Sunset")
Sirikanya (segment "Sunset")
John (segment "Sunset")
Gallery Manager (segment "Sunset")
Painter (segment "Sunset")
Man (segment "Catopia")
Cat Woman (segment "Catopia")
Cat Man (segment "Catopia")
Lady (segment "Planetarium")
Monk (segment "Planetarium")
Tong (segment "Song of the City")
It (segment "Song of the City")
Toei (segment "Song of the City")
Bank (segment "Song of the City")
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