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Butterfly and Flowers
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Butterfly and Flowers

Aug 4, 1985
2h 7m
★ 6.3

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Five Star Production

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Cast

Suriya Yaowasang

Hujan

Suriya Yaowasang

Wasana Pholyiam

Mimpi

Wasana Pholyiam

Suchao Pongwilai

Punja

Suchao Pongwilai

Duangjai Hathaikarn

Teacher

Duangjai Hathaikarn

Rome Isara

Nakha

Rome Isara

Attaporn Thihirun

Ardel

Attaporn Thihirun

Chaiyawat Pojnarak

Dunya

Chaiyawat Pojnarak

Wanlaya Ampuch

Akreya

Wanlaya Ampuch