The main characters are Burmese-Chinese who speak the Chinese Yunnan dialect, like Midi Z himself.Īccording to the director, the Burmese believe there are three ways to escape poverty, “One is to become a drug smuggler, one is to work in the jade mines and the third is to smuggle yourself into another country.” ![]() The Road To Mandalay is the sole Chinese-language narrative film playing at Venice this year. ![]() His last two films, Ice Poison (2014) and documentary City Of Jade (2016), premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival. The Road To Mandalay marks the first outing at the Venice Film Festival (Aug 31 - Sept 10) for Myanmar-born, Taiwan-based director Midi Z, whose reputation is fast on the rise.
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