Rain in 2020
- Youth
- Family
- Myanmar
Synopsis
Rain in 2020 took LEE Yong-chao seven years to make. It shows how a family copes with the changing situation and what is happening in Myanmar. Amid the pandemic in 2020, a torrential rain caused the family and the entire village to soak in the flooding sewage. Nobody knows when the muddy water will be gone and what will come after the storm.
Director Statement
At the beginning of 2020, I was in the process of filming The Bad Man in Myanmar. The sudden outbreak of COVID-19 forced me to stay at home. Meanwhile, I was suffering from some health issues when the tragedy of a major fatal collapse of a jade mine in Pakant, I could do nothing but worry every single day about my brother who worked in the mine. Month after month, the pandemic in Myanmar became more and more out of control, which prevented me from returning to Taiwan. Various factors interweaving, triggered my anger and doubts toward things which happened in Myanmar society in recent years.
In mid-September, there was a sudden rainfall. Along with the flood, I let out my long accumulated dissatisfaction of people’s daily life in my hometown, Myanmar, over the years.
Festivals & Awards
2022 Taiwan International Documentary Festival - Asian Vision Competition of Jury Special Mention
2021 Busan International Film Festival
2021 FIRST International Film Festival - Competition Selected-Documentary
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