Lianqing and Guo meet when they illegally crossed into Thailand. Lianqing finds a job as a dishwasher in a restaurant while Guo works in a textile factory in the suburbs. But Guo’s faith in Lianqing is diminishing rapidly; their love is irreversibly doomed.
Director : Midi Z
Written by : Midi Z
Length : 107 min
Language : Burmese
Original title : Zai Jian Wa Cheng
French title : Adieu Mandalay
French Release : 26th April 2017
Cast : Kai Ko, Wu Ke-Xi
Producers : Seashore Image Productions (Taiwan) – Lin Sheng-Wen
Flash Forward Entertainment (Taiwan) – Patrick Mao Huang
Myanmar Montage Films (Birmanie) – Midi Z
House on Fire (France) – Vincent Wang and Dominique Welinski
Co-producers : Pop Pictures Company Limited (Thaïlande)
Bombay Berlin Film Production (Allemagne)
DoP : FAN Sheng-Siang, TOM
Sound : TU Duu-Chih
Art director : Akekarat Homlaor, AKE
Editing : Matthieu Laclau
Original soundtrack : LIM Giong
French distribution : Les Acacias
Inernational Sales : Urban Distribution International
With the support of :
Fine Time Entertainment Int’l.Inc.
CMC Entertainment Holding Corporation
Star Ritz International Entertainment Co. Ltd.
Ministry of culture, Republic of China – Taiwan
The Rainbow Initiative Funds for Collaborative Cultural Prejects
Aide aux Cinémas du Monde – CNC – Ministère des affaires étrangères – Institut Français
World Cinema Fund
Awards and Selections :
Fedeora award for Best Film – Venice Days 2016
Grand Prix – Festival International du Film d’Amiens 2016
Official Selection – Festival des Trois Continents 2016
Official Selection – Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards 2016
Contemporary World Cinema – Toronto International Film Festival 2016
Official Selection – Brisbane Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2016
A window on Asian Cinema – Busan International Film Festival 2016
Official Selection – Vancouver IFF 2016
World Cinema Section – Mumbai IFF 2016
International Perspective Section – Sao Paulo International Film Festival 2016
Official Selection – Tokyo Filmex 2016
Venice Days 2016 – Fedeora Prize for Best Film
International Perspective Section – Sao Paulo IFF 2016
International Competition – Festival International du Film de Bruxelles 2016
Official Selection – Brisbane Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2016
A Matter of Form Section – Brisbane Asia Pacific FF 2016
Opening Film – Memory! Heritage IFF 2016
Asian Select Section – Kolkata IFF 2016
Asian Film Review – Five Flavors FF 2016
Competition – Marrakech IFF 2016
Cinema of the World Section – Dubai IFF 2016
Migration Films Section – Kerala IFF 2016
World Cinema Section – Icaf Chennai 2016
Voices (International Selection) – International Film Festival of Rotterdam 2017
Official Selection – Festival Travelling Rennes 2017
L’Atelier de la Cinéfondation – Festival de Cannes 2015 – Prix ARTE
La Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde – Institut Français 2015
Fonds d’aide au développement du scénario – Festival international Amiens 2014
Asian Cinema Fund – Script development Fund Projects 2012
Golden Horse Film Project Promotion
Taipei New Horizon Script Cash Prize
Pixefly Digital Effects Post-production Prize