Agrarian Utopia

Name: Agrarian Utopia
Genre: Drama
Released: June 10, 2011
Duration: 122 min
Rating: 72

2011

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Extra Virgin | Release Date: June 10, 2011 | Not Rated

Summary: Facing seizure of their own lands, two families found themselves farming together on the same field, hoping to get through just another rice-farming season like every year. But no matter how much the world is evolving, how much the country is going through economic, political and social changes, they still cannot grasp that ideology ofFacing seizure of their own lands, two families found themselves farming together on the same field, hoping to get through just another rice-farming season like every year. But no matter how much the world is evolving, how much the country is going through economic, political and social changes, they still cannot grasp that ideology of happiness. How can we dream of utopia while our stomach is still grumbling? (Extra Virgin) … Expand

Director: Uruphong Raksasad

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 122 min

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Keith Uhlich

Jun 7, 2011

This fascinatingly knotty movie never becomes a facile screed against the powers that be. Instead, it plays as a more relaxed and leisurely requiem for a slowly vanishing way of life, with sounds and images-a time-lapse contemplation of the cosmos is in the running for scene of the year-that are as mesmerizing as they are subtly pointed. Read full review

Kalvin Henely

Jun 7, 2011

The Northern Thailand pastoral settings are so refreshing and mesmerizing that they alone can provide the movie's raison d'être. Read full review

Andrew Schenker

Jun 7, 2011

Raksasad manages to keep the film afloat on the real drama of his nation's political and social issues, bringing an added measure of poignancy to the quiet desperation of his characters. Read full review

A.O. Scott

Jun 9, 2011

The mood is not one of misery, but of quiet, weary endurance punctuated with moments of joy. Read full review

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