The prologue shows a Swedish home, where a family discusses what "a handful of rice" can mean. The action then moves to Thailand and shows the life of a Thai couple, Pó Chai and Mé Ying, and their lives of joy and hardship in the jungle growing rice.
8th January 1940
86 years ago
1 hour 8 minutes
Finishes at 2:03pm
1 nomination
6.5/10
60%
58%
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