MA - Cry of Silence
Myanmar, Singapore, France, Norway, South Korea, Qatar / 2024 / 74min
In Burmese with English subtitles
Busan International Film Festival

Set amidst the ongoing Myanmar Civil War, this urgent drama depicts a young woman whose sudden hardships spur her intellectual and political growth. After losing her parents to wartime chaos, 18-year-old Mi-Thet takes a job in a garment factory to earn a living for her young siblings. Reluctant to join a brewing labor strike, Mi-Thet enters the fray once she realizes that she and her sisters-in-arms must take action to ensure their rights as women. As in his acclaimed debut feature The Monk, director The Maw Naing weaves a strong narrative and characters with modern culture and politics to startling and powerful effect.

DIR:
The Maw Naing
CAST:
Su Lay, Kyawt Kay Khiang, Nay Htoo Aung, Ko Nanda
TIME & VENUE
* 08/11 7:00PM Broadway Cinematheque
* 09/11 4:10PM PREMIERE ELEMENTS
17/11 6:20PM Broadway Cinematheque
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