Return to Burma (2011)

Name: Return to Burma
Genre: Drama
Released: 2011-10-07

1h 24m

Running Time

Plot.

After decades of military rule, Burma has finally held its first presidential election. Many Burmese living abroad believe that peace and prosperity will soon soon follow, including Wang Xing-Hong who is living as an immigrant laborer in Taiwan and saves his money so he can return home. When Xing-hong arrives, he feels like a stranger in a foreign land but is determined to stay and make his life in Burma.

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Cast & Crew.

Wang Shin-Hong

Midi Z

Director / Screenplay / Director of Photography / Editor / Producer

Patrick Mao Huang

Producer

Lin Sheng-Wen

Editor

Details.

Release Date
October 7, 2011

Original Name
歸來的人

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 24m

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2023-11-14

Wiki.

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.