Directed by Maung Sun
Myanmar | 2021 | Fiction | 97 min | Burmese w/ subtitles
Film Source: Good Move Media
Virtual available
* Followed by Q&A with the director (in person screening only)
Note: Ma Aeint, the co-writer and producer of the film, was sent to prison after the making of this film, and Maung Sun, the director, is in hiding. All proceeds from distribution will go toward attempts to release Aeint.
Under pressure from his family, his producers, and the censorship office, a young Burmese director struggles to make his feature film in Money Has Four Legs. This delightful satire cleverly uses the film-within-a-film trope to lightly take aim at Myanmar’s strict censorship while also recognizing film’s place in Burmese culture. One comic mishap after another ensues until his own life hilariously mirrors the cops-and-robbers tale in his screenplay. This gleefully inventive film melds its local surroundings with fantastical elements of surprise, adventure, and visual flair, offering an illuminating street-level view of Myanmar. ~Orly Yadin