In Burma, the gay love forbidden and there is a constant threat to the military regime. But love is stronger than repression. In a village on the Irrawaddy River is a unique community where gay people find a home. Here Buddhist monks and housewives working with the LGBT community, to organize an illegal sex marriage.
The young street vendor Ko Soe lives in the village of Kyauk Myaung on the Irrawaddy, a river in Myanmar. He’s in love Saing Ko, a quiet mason from Yangon and dreaming of a wedding in full costume
Myo Nyunt is a political activist and preparing for the upcoming elections. He has a dream: equal civil rights and democracy. Friend and confidant Ko Soe It brings it into contact with Myo Nyunt, which supports the love between the boys. “While I am in the village, no one will you dare insult”, he insisted the two young lovers.
In addition to their contact Myo Nyunt know the two are also supported by other gay, Buddhist monks and housewives from the village. Together they form a small unique society in which people are included elsewhere ostracized in brotherhood. They regularly come together to their often vulnerable, experiences to share.
In an observing and intimate style, follows Irrawaddy, Mon Amour the different characters in this political love story. Thus we become partakers of the frank discussions that take place in the LGBT community, and we follow Myo Nyant during its corridors to allow the elections. And of course, we are witnessing the big day itself, when the two lovers thanks to the involvement of their “family” love to celebrate
Broadcast. Date: Sunday 29-11-2015 13:00 NPO 2
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