The story of Almayer, a Dutch trader struggling to survive in Malaysia at the turn of the 19th Century. His dream of finding a mythical gold mountain is challenged by his scheming wife, the colonial authorities, the political machinations of the local chief and Arab traders, and his daughter's love...
Motif focuses on a police investigation and its most obvious innovation is the female perspective that the director imposes. Protagonist Dewi (Sharifah Amani) is a police officer who is sent from the capital of Kuala Lumpur to a provincial area, Tanah Merah (lit. “Red Earth”), to investigate...
Mamat is a native of Kelantan, Malaysia, but he had left Malaysia many years earlier to join his brother Lazim in South Thailand in order to continue making his living as a trainer of fighting bulls (a Jogho). The practice had been outlawed in Malaysia but continued in Thailand. Mamat lives with...
Azizah and Ramli’s relationship is objected by Azizah’s father. It is fueled by Aziz’s badmouthing them to Azizah’s father. Ramli takes it as a challenge and leaves to work in Singapore so that he can save enough money to marry Azizah. He is still rejected by Azizah’s father even after...
The Arsonist involves the struggles of an undocumented immigrant family and a boy's coming-of-age. The son Kesuma must forge his own identity against the intimidating presence of his father Kakang, a man proud of his Javanese heritage and well aware of the social inequalities that allow his...
"Penghujung Malam" explores the lives of a husband and wife conflict of Razak and Sopiah. Although already married and had a daughter named Norita, Sopiah seemed to forget his responsibilities. Sopiah giddy with other guys cause Razak Sopiah bored and left and went to Indonesia.
