Downstream is about the relationship between a widower and his children. Most important theme in the film is the destructive influence of materialism in the face of the responsibilities and worries of a father. Parental love flows downstream - it doesn't swim up against the stream. The father is a hard-working, lowly office clerk who brings up his children with the aid of his sister-in-law and her family. When he gets promoted, he has to move. In his new residential surroundings he becomes involved in a new relationship, but this doesn't please the children. The family then moves to the capital. When son and daughter marry richer partners, they start to ignore their father.
- Director
- Kyi Soe Tun
- Premiere
- European premiere
- Country of production
- Myanmar
- Year
- 1989
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 1996
- Length
- 114'
- Medium
- 35mm
- Producers
- Thi-Ha-Zaw Film Production, Myint U Soe
- Screenplay
- Kyi Soe Tun