Poor Folk
6.0
Arranged by a smuggling syndicate, A-Hong and his young teen sister along with a group of Burmese youngsters sneak across the Myanmar/Thailand border and arrive in a remote town called Dagudi in Northern Thailand. A-Hong's sister is taken away by the gangs as her mother has sold her to them. A-Hong goes to Bangkok and works under a tour guide, a wildcatter from Myanmar who has lived in Thailand illegally for years.
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Cast
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Midi Z Director
United States release October 14, 2012 · Produced in Myanmar (Burma), Taiwan · Languages Chinese, Thai
Production
Seashore Image Production
Production
Myanmar (Burma) · Taiwan
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Original title
窮人。榴槤。麻藥。偷渡客
Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
Chinese · Thai
Release dates
United States · October 14, 2012
Premiere · Hawaii Film Festival
France
June 29, 2014 · La Rochelle International Film Festival
Netherlands
January 29, 2013 · International Film Festival Rotterdam
Poland
November 7, 2013 · Five Flavours Film Festival
Sweden
January 26, 2013 · Göteborg International Film Festival
Taiwan
April 19, 2013
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