The Tin Mine

The Tin Mine (2005)

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Sometimes the highest learning must be found in the ground beneath your feet.

A failed engineering student in the late 1940s gets the unexpected education of a lifetime by working for four years in a rainforest tin mine.

Date of release
2005-05-26
TMDB
7.9 / 10 (13)
Runtime
1h 49m
Genres
Drama
Director
Jira Maligool

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

The Tin Mine is a 2005 Thai biographical drama film directed by Jira Maligool. It is adapted from short stories by Ajin Panjapan and his semi-autobiographical account of growing up in a mining camp in Kapong District of Phang Nga Province from 1949 to 1953. The Tin Mine was the official entry from Thailand for Best Foreign Language Film at the 78th Academy Awards.

Trivia

Ajin's boss gives Ajin an airline ticket to return to Bangkok, but the ticket is a flight coupon of Thai Airways International in 2005.

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