Goodbye Vah City

Zhao Degeng
Ke Zhendong, Wu Kexi, Wang Xinghong, Zhao Defu, Zheng Menglan, Pan Zhengli, Kuang Jia'en, Li Wanwu, Xu Dewei
2016
Myanmar, Taiwan, India
Completed
Mandarin Chinese, Thai, Burmese
108 minutes
Detailed introduction
This film (drama)Also known as再見瓦城,is aMyanmar, Taiwan, IndiaProducerwomen sex,At2016Released in year
。The dialogue language isMandarin Chinese, Thai, Burmese,Current Douban rating6.9(For reference only)。
In the melancholic tropics, a girl named Lianqing (played by Wu Kexi) meets a boy named Aguo (played by Ke Zhendong). Both are undocumented immigrants who have journeyed from Myanmar to Bangkok; they have crossed borders but are still waiting for their identities. Longing for a new life, they drift on the fringes of the city like phantoms, with their days consumed by repetitive labor in small eateries, garment factories, and industrial furnaces, ensnared in oppressive heat and a feverish kind of love. When even shouting becomes muted, they resort to drugs, self-destruction, and selling their bodies... Nothing is truly old; it is merely decaying gradually. It's not that there is no hope; surprisingly, there is still hope. They have hit rock bottom, yet it is still not enough. The youthful innocence in their eyes, their strong will, leads them step by step toward a place devoid of light. Silver screen farewell to Ke Zhendong, director Zhao Degeng continues to shoot with undeniable imagery after "Ice Poison," featuring a large number of real migrant workers, employing long takes and close-up perspectives. The realistic depiction hammers the lives of the marginalized into burning images that are hard to ignore, yet intertwined with love, humble yet aspirational, forged into steel and crafted into something soft and lingering, longing for just a bit of residual warmth. Once passed, it's all that remains of life.