Kai Ko’s Guo (left) helps Wu Ke-xi’s Lianqing find work at a textile factory in director Midi Z’s The Road to Mandalay (Category: IIB, Mandarin, Thai, Burmese). Kai Ko’s Guo (left) helps Wu Ke-xi’s Lianqing find work at a textile factory in director Midi Z’s The Road to Mandalay (Category: IIB, Mandarin, Thai, Burmese).
Kai Ko’s Guo (left) helps Wu Ke-xi’s Lianqing find work at a textile factory in director Midi Z’s The Road to Mandalay (Category: IIB, Mandarin, Thai, Burmese).
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Film review: The Road to Mandalay – Kai Ko and Wu Ke-xi elevate ponderous tale of would-be lovers seeking a better life in Thailand

Illegal immigrants struggle to find work and dignity in Taipei-based Burmese writer-director Midi Z’s slow-burner

Topic |   Chinese language cinema
Edmund Lee
Edmund Lee

Updated: 2:54pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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Kai Ko’s Guo (left) helps Wu Ke-xi’s Lianqing find work at a textile factory in director Midi Z’s The Road to Mandalay (Category: IIB, Mandarin, Thai, Burmese). Kai Ko’s Guo (left) helps Wu Ke-xi’s Lianqing find work at a textile factory in director Midi Z’s The Road to Mandalay (Category: IIB, Mandarin, Thai, Burmese).
Kai Ko’s Guo (left) helps Wu Ke-xi’s Lianqing find work at a textile factory in director Midi Z’s The Road to Mandalay (Category: IIB, Mandarin, Thai, Burmese).
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