Return to Burma (2011)
- Original title
- 歸來的人
- Directed by
- Midi Z
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Taiwan, Myanmar
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Rating
- 5.4 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young man returns to his homeland of Myanmar after years abroad. The film follows his encounters with family and old acquaintances as he reconnects with the place he left behind.
intimatecontemplativeearnestunderstatedslow-pacedseriousobservationalreflective
What happens
Return to Burma is the first feature movie directed by Taiwanese director Midi Z, who was born in Myanmar. It continues the theme of his short movie The Man From Hometown. The film is packed with Poor Folk (2012) and Ice Poison (2014) by the distributor as the director's "Homecoming Trilogy." The other two films of the trilogy depict the lives of illegal immigrants of Chinese ethnicity on the border of Myanmar. Return to Burma is the first feature film in history to be shot and completed in Myanmar (Burma). It was selected for official competition for the New Currents Award at the 2011 Busan International Film Festival and was nominated the following year for the Tiger Award in the official competition section at the 2012 Rotterdam International Film Festival. Return to Burma altogether has been nominated for more than twenty awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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