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No Magic for Socialists(2025)
Status: Released
Date: 2025-02-02
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Time: 1h 45m
Overview:
Artist Htoo Lwin Myo excavates the lesser-known and wildly joyful history of Myanmar’s horror and genre film industry in the 1950s that has persisted through political turmoil and archival neglect, told directly by the people who made it.
Languages: Burmese, English.
Countries:
Myanmar
ProductionCompanies:
Pink Bear Productions
Movie: No Magic for Socialists
Top 10 Billed Cast
Kong Rithdee
Deputy Director (Thai Film Archive)
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