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Dominican Rep. Return to Burma
- Original title
- Gui lai de ren (Return to Burma)
- Year
- 2011
- Running time
- 84 min.
- Country
Taiwan- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Cinematography
- Genre
- Drama. Documentary | Social Drama. Job/Employment
- Synopsis
- For decades, Burma holds its first presidential election. Many of the Burmese living in foreign lands believe that changes will happen soon and it will move towards prosperity. So Xing-hong and Rong decide to return home. However, just a few days before departure, during an overtime shift, Rong has an accident. With Rong's ashes, Xing-hong returns home alone. When Xing-hong arrives home, he finds out that his brother De is about to go to Malaysia to work. Many young people want to leave Burma, but Xing-hong has always wanted to stay in his hometown to do business. He begins asking around for possible business opportunities, but yet cannot decide which business to engage into. To Xing-hong, Burma seems unfamiliar and distant, because he has left Burma for too long. Consequently, at his own hometown or on a foreign soil, he always feels estranged as if abandoned by time and space. On a blackout night, the smuggling bazaar by the border between Burma and China, the motorcycles roaring into the faint daylight! Through the protagonist Xing-hong, we witness the changes Burma is going through and the true state of existence of its people.
- Awards
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2012: Rotterdam Film Festival: Official Selection
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