Yangon
A girl’s story under the chaotic situation in Myanmar
Genre: Drama
Duration: (est. 100 - 120 min)
Targeted audience: Age 18 and above, International Audience interested in South East Asian
regional affairs, Burmese culture and social taboo in Myanmar.
Project period
Development - One year
Pre-production - Two months
Production - 10 days
Post-production - 45 days
Distribution - Film festivals around the world and international film production companies
Synopsis
A village girl’s life and her experience in her own family in a remote village and her
immigrant life under a chaotic situation in Yangon, Myanmar. In her village she experienced
typical girl’s sexual encounters, affection and social taboo. During her chosen life in Yangon
she encounters unfairness of treatment from the civilized people.
Logline
A girl’s life - seeking a better path in her new life turns to the ordeal event at the worst in
front of her first love.
Locations Group 2 of 2: Yangon
1. Bus terminal + tea shop
Group 1 of 2: Village
2. # One apartment for Lu Aung
1. # Buddhist momnastery 3. # Female dormitory for Mi Ni
4. 5 x Job related interview places
2. # 3 Houses (Main, supporting and Spirit
5. Pawn shop
lady)
6. Agent house
3. Farming for cutting grass 7. Beer bar
4. Dating site 8. Male dormitory for f**kers
9. 2 x rooms, hotel for sex
5. Road – Village to Yangon
Character List
Leading Role – 1 Supporting Role – Group 2 of 2
1. 1 x Mi Ni, F, 20 1. 3 x Female dormitory rental (off screen)
2. 7 x Female dormitory Life Group
2. 1 x Kan Gyi, M, 30 +
3. Aunty Lay, 45
3. 1 x Lu Aung, M, 30 +
4. Dr. May. 27 - 30
5. Hnin Hnin, 25
Supporting Role – Group 1. of 2 6. U Myo, 65
4. 2 x Mi Ni's parents (40 - 60) 7. Job Searching Group
8. 3 x F, Agent Communications (off screen)
5. 1 x Mi Nyo – Mi Ni’s village friend - 24, F
9. News Anchor
6. Mi Nyo’s Mother, 50 +
10. Hotel Group.
7. 9 x Monastery Group 11. 7 x. Group sex ( Male dormitory)
8. Ma Yee, 35 12. 1 x Gay sex
9. Villager 13. 1 x Middle aged lady Sex
14. 3 x Mother and 2 kids
10. Alms donor villagers
15. 6 x Taxi drivers
11. Passer by
16. 1 x Bird seller
17. 1 x Pawn shop
18. 1 x SHMS
Opening
• Buddhist Monastery and village
Act One
• A girls life in her village
• Connection with village and monastery
• A girl’s connection to a monastic guy during the bowl alam.
• Family problems - related to the girl’s sexual desire and love
• Breaking social taboo – love affair with monastic guy, then sexual intimacy with her
stepfather.
• Biological mother’s involvement in the affairs and harsh purnishment
• Runaway from her home to Yangon.
Act Two
• A girl’s Yangon life begins - First meet with a media guy at a bus terminal
• Female boarding life
• Media guy’s some part of life
• Job searchings and interviews
• Virgin licking arranged by a female colleague
• Deflower with city guy, aiming to go to prostitution life (but to agent home)
• Monastic guy in Yangon as a hotel general worker
• Close down foreign departure for house maid, SG, Gulf countries
• Prostitution begins as a result of closing foreign departure for reasons -
• Paid sex with a group of young men, terrible experience
Act Three
• Monastic guy works at the hotel, sex worker and helper
• Order at the hotel by an ex customer, old man
• ex customer murdered by Monastic Guy
• Mi Ni runs away from the murder scene and shelter at City Guy’s house.
• Guest registration check and hide
• Highway terminal for longer journey
Closing
• Run to Thai-Burma border with express bus
Aftermath
• City guy paid to releases birds from the cage
• Love scene
• Mi Nyo’s loneliness and sadness morning alms donation
• Stepfather sits and smoke as usual
• The last bird flies far away and high in the sky
Reference scene
• Indochine (1992), French film
• Io capitano ( 2023), Italian film
• Emanuelle in Bangkok (1976), Italian film
• Sleeping Beauty (2011 film), Australian erotic drama film
• The Third Wife (2018) Vietnamese drama
Green screen tricks in advance
Thanks!