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Midi Z 趙德胤
Motorcycle Driver 摩托車伕
2008
Motorcycle Driver follows a young Burmese man, Ah-Jay. With no money and no job prospects, he attempts to join the robust trade in smuggling motorcycles from China to Myanmar. The film quietly chronicles his long trip through northern Myanmar’s landscapes and towns along the Chinese border. The story relates Ah-Jay’s challenges with an understated wryness, undercutting the motorcycle’s connotation as a symbol of freedom—setbacks are a matter of fact rather than events requiring dramatic elaboration. With its unhurried pace, close attention to landscape, and narrative realism, the film captures the circular nature of everyday struggles.
Taiwan-based filmmaker Midi Z grew up in Myanmar, where he saw and experienced various hardships that now inform his films. He often works with small budgets and untrained actors, scripting, directing, and shooting with little or no assistance. Midi Z made Motorcycle Driver by himself, with no other production crew.
Taiwan-based filmmaker Midi Z grew up in Myanmar, where he saw and experienced various hardships that now inform his films. He often works with small budgets and untrained actors, scripting, directing, and shooting with little or no assistance. Midi Z made Motorcycle Driver by himself, with no other production crew.
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