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written & directed by Saeed Taji Farouky 2
A tale of family, oil, and life cycles in Myanmar’s handdrilled oil fields. Htwe Tin and Thein Shwe work hard to give their children a better future, their lives governed by a web of karma and astrology. All their hopes are pinned on their youngest son, Zin Ko Aung. When he leaves home to make his own life, his parents must learn to let their children go.
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WORLD SALES: Square Eyes, Nijmegen www.squareeyesfilm.com WORLD PREMIERE: Locarno Film Festival 2021
FRANCE / SWITZERLAND / NETHERLANDS / PALESTINE Documentary, 90 min., 2021 ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: Burmese PRODUCTION: Point du Jour – Les films du Balibari, Nantes / Akka Films, Geneva / BIND, Amsterdam / RTS / Odeh Films, Ramallah SWISS PRODUCER: Palmyre Badinier
SAEED TAJI FAROUKY * 1978 in Great Britain. Saeed Taji Farouky is a PalestinianBritish filmmaker and radical film educator whose work deals with themes of conflict, human rights, and colonialism. His documentary TELL SPRING NOT TO COME THIS YEAR (2015) premiered at the Berlinale where it won two awards. A THOUSAND FIRES (2021) received the Marco Zucchi Award of the Semaine de la critique at the Locarno Film Festival.