The Songs of Rice

Name: Pleng khong kao
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2019-03-08
Duration: 1 h 15 min
Rating: 7.5

Original title: Pleng khong kao

2014
1h 15m

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7.5/10

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Uruphong Raksasad concludes his agriculture trilogy (Stories from the North, Agrarian Utopia) with a visual record of the lifecycle of Thailand's most important and symbolic crop: rice. Focu... Read allUruphong Raksasad concludes his agriculture trilogy (Stories from the North, Agrarian Utopia) with a visual record of the lifecycle of Thailand's most important and symbolic crop: rice. Focusing less on narrative and more on the visceral experience surrounding the farming, The So... Read allUruphong Raksasad concludes his agriculture trilogy (Stories from the North, Agrarian Utopia) with a visual record of the lifecycle of Thailand's most important and symbolic crop: rice. Focusing less on narrative and more on the visceral experience surrounding the farming, The Songs of Rice, as the title suggests, features the use of music and songs that chronicle the... Read all

Director
- Uruphong Raksasad
Writers
- Uruphong Raksasad
- Kriengsak Wittayaaniwat

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IMDb RATING

7.5/10

YOUR RATING

Director
- Uruphong Raksasad
Writers
- Uruphong Raksasad
- Kriengsak Wittayaaniwat

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 4 wins & 3 nominations

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6/10

Be an observer of the life of rice farmers

In this documentary you will be in the role of an observer of rural rice farmers.

You follow episodes of their life along the course of a year, following the farming of rice. It shows multiple locations all over Thailand but never forgets the topic of rice.

There is no narrator, only a translation of what the people speak. The style of the movie is similar to the previous works of this director.

The lack of an narrator can make it difficult to understand what is going on in a specific scene. Some knowledge of Thailand and traditional life helps to understand the movie better.