Dain Said’s film is about three Malaysian brothers who all have their own ways of dealing with the other two, and all three also have links with the underworld. It has an unmistakably classic dimension. Adil is the youngest of the three and decides to fight a kick-box contest for financial reasons. But when he resigns from the contest earlier than agreed, the Mafia hitman Ilham is sent after the kid. The man turns out to be his half-brother.
Bakar is the eldest of the three and meanwhile pretends to be looking after their very ill father in their birthplace Bunohan (which means ‘murder’). In reality, he is trying to acquire ownership of a few hectares of beach to be able to sell it to property developers for a lot of money.
Greed is the three-headed monster from the underworld in Said’s intriguing confrontation between the old and the new Malaysia. It consumes family bonds and untouched nature in order to build holiday resorts.
Film details
- Country of production
- Malaysia
- Year
- 2011
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2012
- Length
- 97'
- Medium/Format
- 35mm
