Pierre Mignault and Hélène Magny clandestinely enter one of Burma's most dangerous zones, penetrating to the heart of the Karen Nation, where civil war has been waging for 60 years. In this region very few foreigners have dared to venture, they meet displaced people hiding in the jungle in order to resist forced relocation by the military regime. Breaking the Silence demonstrates the strength of the Burmese people's resistance against one of the world's worst dictatorships. It takes us to the interior of the country, disclosing the secret networks of militants fighting along the Thai border.