Butterfly and Flowers

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Butterfly and Flowers

1985

2h 7m

6.3(3 votes)

Drama

Overview

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.

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8 members

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Suriya Yaowasang

Hujan

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Wasana Pholyiam

Mimpi

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สุเชาว์ พงษ์วิไล

Punja

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ดวงใจ หทัยกาญจน์

Teacher

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Rome Isara

Nakha

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Attaporn Thihirun

Ardel

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Chaiyawat Pojnarak

Dunya

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Wanlaya Ampuch

Akreya

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