The Road to Mandalay (2016)
Directed by Midi Z
Two young Burmese migrants are smuggled across the Mekong into Thailand; she washes dishes in Bangkok and chases forged papers that could take her to Taiwan, while he works in a factory in the countryside.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Smuggled across the river≈ 00:01:00Mekong River, Golden TriangleInferred
Lianqing and Guo, both from Lashio, meet as they are smuggled across the Mekong from Myanmar into Thailand.
- 2Checkpoint on the road south≈ 00:10:00ThailandInferred
Hidden in a truck, the group gets through a checkpoint after a quiet deal is struck.
- 3Restaurant kitchen≈ 00:15:00Bangkok, ThailandStated on screen
She finds work washing dishes and spends her savings on a fake identity card, but is arrested in a raid and fined.
- 3Rural cellophane factory≈ 00:20:00ThailandInferred
Guo goes to work in a cellophane factory out in the country.
- 4Rural cellophane factory≈ 01:00:00ThailandInferred
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 990 km
- Places
- 3
- Countries
- 1
- Stops
- 5
- Truck: 749 km
- Not shown: 241 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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