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The Tin Mine
The Thai film poster.
Directed by	Jira Maligool
Written by	Ajin Panjapan (story) Jira Maligool
Produced by	Jira Maligool Mingmongkol Sonakul Yongyoot Thongkongtoon
Starring	Pijaya Vachajitpan Donlaya Mudcha
Cinematography	Chankit Chamnivikaipong
Edited by	Pan Busabaan
Distributed by	GMM Tai Hub
Release date	17 May 2005 (2005-05-17)
Running time	111 minutes
Country	Thailand
Language	Thai
Budget	~ 70 million baht

The Tin Mine (Thai: มหา’ลัย เหมืองแร่ or Maha'lai muang rae) is a 2005 Thai biographical drama film directed by Jira Maligool. 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

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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2020s	Where We Belong (2019/2020) The Medium (2021) One for the Road (2022) The Undertaker (2023)

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