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The Road to Mandalay

A Window on Asian Cinema

Crime/Violence · Social Criticism · Women · Human Rights

  • CountryTaiwan,France,Germany,Myanmar
  • Production Year2016
  • Running Time108min
  • FormatDCP
  • ColorColor
Program Note
Lianqing is a 23-year-old Burmese. To find work, she and many others from Myanmar follow a secret route down the Mekong River and on into Thailand. Since she has no work permit, she starts out washing dishes for a low wage in a rundown restaurant. Guo, who illegally crossed the border with her and has fallen in love with her, brings her to a textile factory where she can earn a higher wage. They work together there, but Lianqing hopes to eventually get the necessary legal documents and find better work in Bangkok or Taiwan. Even though she keeps getting cheated by people who profess that they can help her, she never gives up—a stubbornness that Guo just can’t understand. In order to make more money to pay for the documents, Lianqing becomes a prostitute, and when Guo finds out, he becomes incensed. When Lianqing finally gets her hands on the permits, Guo confronts her...with a knife in his hand. This is a rare, slow-burning and realistic drama about the Burmese migrants and their life in the slums. (KANG Naeyoung)
Director
Director
Midi Z
Midi Z was born in Myanmar and educated in Taiwan and was later selected for Hou Hsiao-hsien’s Golden Horse Film Academy. His filmography includes Hua-Xing Incident (2009), Return to Burma (2011) and Poor Folk (2012).
Credit
  • Director
    Midi Z
  • ProducerPatrick Mao HUANG
    Midi Z
  • CastKai KO
    Ke-Xi WU
  • ScreenplayMidi Z
  • CinematographyTom FAN
  • Production DesignAkekarat Homlaor
  • EditorMatthieu LACLAU
  • SoundDuu-Chih TU
  • MusicGiong LIM
  • Production CompanySeashore Image Productions
    Flash Forward Entertainment
    HOUSE ON FIRE
    Pop Pictures Company Limited
    Myanmar Montage Films
    Bombay Berlin Film Production
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    patrick@ffe.com.tw
    vincent@houseonfire.fr
    assarat@yahoo.com
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    ks@bombayberlin.com
  • World SalesUrban Distribution International
    arnaud@urbangroup.biz
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