The Tin Mine Thai or Mahalai muang rae is a 2005 Thai biographical drama film directed by Jira Maligool. It is adapted from short stories by Ajin Panjapan and his semiautobiographical account of growing up in a mining camp in southern Thailand during the postWorld War II years. The Tin Mine was the official entry from Thailand for Best Foreign Language Film at the 78th Academy Awards.
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