Butterfly and Flowers
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| Butterfly and Flowers | |
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 The theatrical poster. | |
| Directed by | Euthana Mukdasanit |
| Written by | Nipphan (novel) Euthana Mukdasanit |
| Starring | Suriya Yaowasang Wasana Pholyiam |
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| Country | Thailand |
| Languages | Thai Pak Tai |
Butterfly and Flowers (Thai: ผีเสื้อและดอกไม้; RTGS: Phisuea Lae Dokmai) is a 1985 Thai drama film directed and co-written by Euthana Mukdasanit, set in Muslim-majority southern Thailand. The film was screened at the 1985 Hawaii International Film Festival, one of the earliest Thai films to gain exposure outside Thailand.
The film is adapted from a 1978 novel of the same title by Nipphan (Makut Oradee), which won the award at the Thailand National Book Fair. The book has become a required reading for secondary schoolchildren in Thailand. Regarded as one of the best Thai films ever made, Butterfly and Flower highlights the hardships faced by a boy who works selling popsicles at the local train station and forced by economic circumstance to smuggle rice across the Thai-Malaysian border. Aside from exposing Thai audiences to regional poverty, the 1985 movie broke new ground by portraying a Buddhist-Muslim romance. Butterfly and Flower delighted the Thai public when it earned a Best Film award at the 1986 East-West Film Festival in Honolulu.
Cast
[edit]- Suriya Yaowasang as Hu Yan
- Wasana Pholyiam as Mimpi
- Suchao Pongwilai as Hu Yan's dad
- Duangjai Hathaikarn as teacher
External links
[edit]- Peesua lae dokmai at IMDb
- Butterfly and Flowers at SiamZone (in Thai)
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