On Verandahs in Flowers

A Film by Maung Day

PRODUCTION INFORMATION
Year of Production: 2020
Runtime: 25 min 41 sec
Original Language: Burmese

Synopsis
Ko Chit is an aspiring artist who has come to the city of Yangon with the hope that he could work towards becoming a good and well-known artist. At the moment Ko Chit stays at a small flat and tries to make a little money from designing book covers. Ko Chit's mother who has some serious health issues lives in a remote town, and the family's financial woes lead to Ko Chit sending most of the little money that he earns to his mother for her medication. Ko Chit's everyday life is full of long walks on Yangon's streets, slacking with his friend who works at a pawn shop, and encounters strangers. Ko Chit, like other city migrants, exists in a loop that he wishes to get out of but does not know how. At the end of the day, the two friends go back to their rooms and stand on their verandahs contemplating their vague future as the night slowly burns away into another day.