MenandwomenarriveearlyinthemorningatthesiteofanewroadunderconstructionthrougharemotemountainousregionofwesternBurma.Seenfromabove,thewhitetrackcutsthroughredearthscorchedbythesunanddottedwithblacktarbins.Thelandscapehasalreadybeenscarredbycolonialism,deforestation,landseizurefromtheindigenouspopulation,civilwarandneglect.Thedirectorialchoiceofthesplitscreen,whichallowsustofollowtwomomentsofworkonthesameconstructionsitesimultaneously,seemstosuggestadualpointofview:istheconstructionoftheroadyetanotherviolationofthenaturalenvironmentorasteptowardsdevelopment?Itturnsoutthatitwillconnectareascontrolledbyfivewarringparties,theBurmesearmyandrivalrebelethnicgroups.Willitbecomeyetanotherroutefortroopsandmilitaryvehiclesoraroadtofinallyliveinpeaceonthoselands? 源自:https://www.ffdl.it/en/film/scheda/1445/a_day_s_work