Poor Folk (2012)

Arranged by a smuggling syndicate, A-Hong and his young teen sister along with a group of Burmese youngsters sneak across the Myanmar/Thailand border and arrive in a remote town called Dagudi in Northern Thailand. A-Hong's sister is taken away by the gangs as her mother has sold her to them. A-Hong goes to Bangkok and works under a tour guide, a wildcatter from Myanmar who has lived in Thailand illegally for years.

Released Oct. 14, 2012 105 min None+

Genres: Crime, Drama

Keywords: imdb.identity-card, imdb.parallel-narrative, imdb.tour-guide, imdb.durian, imdb.amphetamine, imdb.trying-to-escape, imdb.brushing-teeth + 12 more, imdb.leo-tolstoy, imdb.border, imdb.thailand, imdb.motorcycle, imdb.human-trafficking, mdblist.has-trailer, mdblist.two-actors, tmdb.human-trafficking, tmdb.border-crossing, tmdb.drug-trade, tmdb.gang-member, imdb.myanmar