00:00 For more than half a century, Burma lived withdrawn into itself, cut off from the outside world by the will of a succession of dictatorships among the harshest on the planet.

06:21 Monsoon means repeated problems
11:35 Passage from hell
16:03 The grandmother has just joined her ancestors
26:11 The kiss of death
30:27 10h to cover 30 kilometers
39:15 In 2014, Burma had over 4 million child laborers
45:24 There is so much traffic that the road deteriorates

The Burmese see their country as a beautiful sleeping girl: today, she half opens her eyes but it is difficult to wake up. The country lacks everything, the infrastructure has been abandoned for many years. In the northwest, in the most mountainous region of the country, getting around is an adventure. But the Burmese keep smiling.

directed by: Daniel Lainé, Charles Comiti, Julien Boluen