The film follows three immigrant workers from Burma. Living together on a building’s rooftop in the Masoek Furniture Industrial Complex, they sometimes cook Burmese dishes, or eat “kimchi” and “ramyon” alone, or drink and enjoy themselves, or fight like cats and dogs, or dance to music. Sometimes feeling homesick, they talk sweetly on the phone, or quarrel loudly. They are not much different from other workers who live away from home and family, but their lives may...more

The film follows three immigrant workers from Burma. Living together on a building’s rooftop in the Masoek Furniture Industrial Complex, they sometimes cook Burmese dishes, or eat “kimchi” and “ramyon” alone, or drink and enjoy themselves, or fight like cats and dogs, or dance to music. Sometimes feeling homesick, they talk sweetly on the phone, or quarrel loudly. They are not much different from other workers who live away from home and family, but their lives may be a bit more lonely and closed. The film reflects their everyday lives instead of just placing them in the category of “immigrant workers”. They are individuals with different backgrounds, tastes, and thoughts, who just happened to live in the same space temporarily. That’s why the film doesn’t deal with the usual matters of employers in conflict with illegal workers, the absurd system, or human rights issues. Rather, it tries to depict the aspects of life of the three people as they live. The film looks at them as some acquaintances, without categorizing them as being immigrant workers, or from Burma. And this “ordinary” gaze is what makes this film powerful.less