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Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010
7:00 pm
Agrarian Utopia
The magical forces of the land collide with the all-pervasive march of globalization in this remarkable, visually stunning docu-fictional work about agricultural life in a time of mass farming, government instability, and global price setting. The son of farmers, director Uruphong Raksasad offers an intimate vision of the Thai countryside, where what is on display is not just a way of life, but also the force of nature itself. The film follows two farming families through the cycle of a rice crop season; they live on land whose fertile soil offers them potential riches, but where market prices and high interest rates may leave them with nothing. As they tend to their land, a neighbor quietly develops a sustainable, organic approach to this fast-disappearing agrarian lifestyle. The film's astonishing cinematography and time-lapse images capture the sublimity of electrical storms, morning mist, and gathering winds, and present a glimpse of what a utopian agrarian world could truly look like.
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