MA - Cry of Silence(HKAFF2024)

Set amidst the ongoing Myanmar Civil War, this urgent drama depicts a young woman whose sudden hardships spur her intellectual and political growth. After losing her parents to wartime chaos, 18-year-old Mi-Thet takes a job in a garment factory to earn a living for her young siblings. Reluctant to join a brewing labor strike, Mi-Thet enters the fray once she realizes that she and her sisters-in-arms must take action to ensure their rights as women. As in his acclaimed debut feature The Monk, director The Maw Naing weaves a strong narrative and characters with modern culture and politics to startling and powerful effect.

Busan International Film Festival