''Son of the Northeast'' ( th, ลูกอีสาน, or ''Look Isan'', also ''Child of the Northeast'') is a 1982 historical drama film set in 1930s Isan, or northeastern Thailand. The film is directed by Vichit Kounavudhi and is based on a

S.E.A. Write Award The S.E.A. Write Award, or Southeast Asian Writers Award, is an award that is presented annually since 1979 to poets and writers of Southeast Asia. The awards are given to the writers from each of the countries that comprise the Association of S ...

-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.

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* 1982 films 1982 drama films Thai-language films Films based on Thai novels Isan Thai national heritage films Thai drama films {{1980s-drama-film-stub