Son of the Northeast (Thai: ลูกอีสาน, or Look Isan, also Child of the Northeast) is a 1982 historical drama film set in 1930s Isan, or northeastern Thailand. Directed by Vichit Kounavudhi, the film is based on a S.E.A. Write Award-winning book by Kampoon Boonthavee. Filmed in a documentary style, the story follows a tight-knit group of Isan subsistence farmers as they struggle against drought and other depredations.

Son of the Northeast
Thai VCD cover
Directed byVichit Kounavudhi
Written byVichit Kounavudhi
Kampoon Boonthavee (novel)
CinematographyPorniti Virayasiri
Release date
  • 1982 (1982)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryThailand
LanguagesThai
Laotian
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