1977    60 mDrama, Documentaire
7.57.4
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.
Directed by Euthana Mukdasanit, Paijong Laisagoon, Rassamee Phaoluangthong

Where to Watch Tongpan

  • Ong-art PonethonTongpan
  • Phomhom PilasombatTongpan's Wife
  • Ruengyos SrisorodsakulCollege Student
  • Khamsing SrinawkAcademic at Seminar / Screenplay
  • Sane ChamarikSpeaker at Seminar
  • Peter BellHydro-electricity Expert at Seminar
  • Sulak SivaraksaSeminar Participant
  • Surachai ChantimatornMinstrel / Regisseur / Original Music Composer
  • Euthana MukdasanitRegisseur
  • Paijong LaisagoonRegisseur / Screenplay / Redacteur
  • Rassamee PhaoluangthongRegisseur
  • Witthayakon ChiangkunScreenplay
  • Mike MorrowExecutive Producer
  • Frank GreenDirector Of Photography

Tongpan Trivia