Company of Malaysians II
Combined programme
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IFFR 2006
Surely those young Malaysian talents all make short realistic Hou Hsiao-hsien-like films? No they don’t. Because the stories demanded it. (GjZ)
In this combined programme
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1979
All on his own, a man come to terms with news that is much too much. Very meticulously dressed and filmed. A minor masterpiece. -
South Of South
Buying food for gold. Burning your boat behind you. How desperately do you need to leave your country? A child tries to understand. -
Flower
Old woman falls for young soldier. Real or not. Nostalgic fantasy or not. It all gets pretty cheerful. With the film maker as the soldier. -
Majidee
A man is approached on his way to the station. He does not shake off the chatterbox, but lets him walk along. Surely he can’t…