The Long Walk (Bor Mi Vanh Chark) opens with the sound of the past being disinterred. An Old Man (Yannawoutthi Chanthalungsy) is in the jungle digging up a moped which, covered in rust, dirt and leafy undergrowth, has clearly been there for decades – as has the human skeleton, overlooked or at least ignored by…
First published by VODzilla.co Always a cottage industry, Lao film production is, like the nation itself, currently undergoing a rapid transformation. In the past, it produced only state propaganda – but in 2008, Thai director Sakchai Deenan made the country’s first independent film Good Morning Luang Prabang, and 2009 saw the launch of the Luang…