mekong movies
Overzicht van films
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Main-Ma-Le Thein Kywe
Khin Maung U, Soe Thein Htut | 120' | Myanmar | International premiere
Dramatic, romantic and one of Burma’s most popular films from the past year. Mi Thein Kywe, a simple girl, lives in a small village. She… -
Nostalgia for Countryland
Dang Nhat Minh | 115' | Vietnam | -
Tragi-poetic story about a boy who has to maintain his family. Then a cousin returns from overseas to a very different world… -
Once Upon a Time… This Morning
Bhandit Rittakol | 133' | Thailand | -
An intelligent thriller about a ‘family in danger’. Children run away from home looking for a sweet father, but there’s a bag of heroin in… -
Peasants In Distress
King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia | 90' | Cambodia | European premiere
Drama by King Sihanouk about two orphans confronted with a rebel army who have to leave their village. A Cambodian saying says: “To live happily,… -
Poppy ma
Tin Than Oo | 170' | Myanmar | -
Propaganda film about students that go underground and help the Keren rebels. But then they realise how wrong they were… -
Revoir Angkor .. et mourir
King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia | 83' | Cambodia | -
Love drama about sick author who wants to see Angkor one more time. His wife gets invoved with an ambitious politician while he falls in… -
La Rivière Huong se tombe et se monte
Le Manh Thich | 48' | Vietnam | European premiere
Loving film tells of the Perfume River and the nomadic life of the river-dwellers. -
Salawin
Prince Chatri Chalerm Yukol | 130' | Thailand | -
Drama on Thai-Burmese border about refugees and Keren rebels. By the maker of DAUGHTERS. -
Soul of the Mekong
Fred Marshall, Ko Myint | 85' | Thailand | -
Docu-drama about a CIA photographer who returns to the Mekong Valley in Laos in search of former friends and the traditions of the country. -
The Tan Family
Rithy Panh | 32' | Cambodia | -
The Tan family returns to Cambodia after 13 years in a Thai refugee camp. -
Tro’ Vé
Dang Nhat Minh | 100' | Vietnam | -
Highly praised film by one of Vietnam’s most important directors about Loan (who is in love with her colleague’s brother) who meets an old schoolfrien -
Xích Lô
Tran Anh Hung | 120' | Vietnam | -
Visually stunning and very alarming portrait of a rickshaw driver in Saigon who is confronted with crime and prostitution. Received a Golden Lion in V