The Tin Mine

{{Short description|2005 film}} {{Multiple issues| {{Expand language|topic=|langcode=th|otherarticle=มหา%27ลัย_เหมืองแร่|date=February 2026}} {{More citations needed|date=March 2026}} }} {{Infobox film | name = The Tin Mine | image = The Tin Mine film.jpg | caption = The Thai film poster. | director = Jira Maligool | producer = {{ubl|Jira Maligool|Mingmongkol Sonakul|Yongyoot Thongkongtoon}} | writer = {{ubl|Ajin Panjapan (story)|Jira Maligool}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|Pijaya Vachajitpan|Donlaya Mudcha}} | music = | cinematography = Chankit Chamnivikaipong | editing = Pan Busabaan | distributor = GMM Tai Hub | released = {{Film date|2005|05|17|df=yes}} | runtime = 111 minutes | country = Thailand | language = Thai | budget = ~ 70 million baht }} '''''The Tin Mine''''' ({{langx|th|มหา’ลัย เหมืองแร่}} or ''Maha'lai muang rae'') is a 2005 Thai biographical drama film directed by Jira Maligool.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Tin Mine (2005) |url=https://www.biff.kr/eng/html/archive/arc_history_view.asp?pyear=2005&kind=history&m_idx=10035 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260311151347/https://www.biff.kr/eng/html/archive/arc_history_view.asp?pyear=2005&kind=history&m_idx=10035 |archive-date=March 11, 2026 |access-date=March 11, 2026 |website=Busan International Film Festival}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Fainaru |first=Dan |date=October 13, 2005 |title=The Tin Mine (Mahalai Meung Rae) |url=https://www.screendaily.com/the-tin-mine-mahalai-meung-rae/4024726.article |url-access=registration |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170723153443/https://www.screendaily.com/the-tin-mine-mahalai-meung-rae/4024726.article |archive-date=July 23, 2017 |access-date=March 11, 2026 |work=Screen Daily}}</ref> It is adapted from short stories by Ajin Panjapan and his semi-autobiographical account of growing up in a mining camp in Kapong District of Phang Nga Province from 1949 to 1953. ''The Tin Mine'' was the official entry from Thailand for Best Foreign Language Film at the 78th Academy Awards.

==Cast== * Pijaya Vachajitpan as Arjin Panjapan * Donlaya Mudcha as La-iad * Sonthaya Chitmanee as Kai * Anthony Howard Gould as Sam (the boss) * Ajin Panjapan as himself * Jaran Petcharoen as Grandpa Deang * Niran Sattar as John * Jumpol Thongtan as the shopkeeper * Bill O'Leary as Tom (Sam's Brother)

==Trivia== * Ajin's boss gives Ajin an airline ticket to return to Bangkok, but the ticket is a flight coupon of Thai Airways International in 2005.

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=0454190|title=The Tin Mine}} *{{rotten-tomatoes|id=mahalai-muang-rae-the-tin-mine|title=Maha'lai muang rae (The Tin Mine) (2005)}} {{Thai submissions for the Academy Award}} {{Suphannahong National Film Award for Best Picture}}

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