Twilight Over Burma

Twilight Over Burma (Burmese: မြန်မာ့ဆည်းဆာ) is a 2015 Austrian biographical film based on the eponymous novel, an autobiography written by Inge Sargent, the Austrian-born consort of Sao Kya Seng, the last saopha of Hsipaw.^[2] The film was directed by Sabine Derflinger and produced by Dor Film; it premiered in Austria on October 26, 2015.^[3]

Twilight Over Burma
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Burmese	မြန်မာ့ဆည်းဆာ
Directed by	Sabine Derflinger
Screenplay by	Rupert Henning
Based on	Twilight Over Burma: My Life as a Shan Princess[1] by Inge Sargent
Produced by	Isabelle Welter, Alfred Deutsch
Music by	Stefan Schrupp
Release date	October 26, 2015 (2015-10-26)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	Austria
Languages	English, Austrian German

Plot

Inge Sargent, an Austrian student and Sao Kya Seng, a young mining student from Burma fall in love. But it is only at the lavish wedding ceremony that Inge discovers her husband is the ruling prince of Hsipaw, a princely state in Burma. After a coup is staged by the Burmese military, Sao is imprisoned. Inge does everything she can to free him.

Cast

• Daweerit Chullasapya as Sao Kya Seng
• Maria Ehrich as Inge Sargent
• Sahajak Boonthanakit as General Ne Win
• Tanapol Chuksrida as Kawlin
• Regina Fritsch as Mutter
• Kaitlin Orem as Mayari
• Jirapat Phanngoen as Bukong
• Patrik Plenk as Reisender

Controversy

In June 2016, the film was hardly banned by the Burmese Motion Picture Classification Board from screening at the Human Rights Human Dignity International Festival in Yangon for purportedly damaging "ethnic unity within the state."^[4][5][6] The following month, Thailand followed suit; the Thailand International Film Destination Festival canceled a viewing of Twilight Over Burma without explanation, in order to preserve bilateral relations between Thailand and Myanmar.^[7][8]