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Abang

1981 · 105 min

A quiet, tender homecoming drama that mixes gentle humour with the ache of a family reconnecting after years apart.

Directed by: Rahim Razali
Genres: Drama, Family, Comedy
Starring: Rahim Razali, Noor Kumalasari, Ahmad Yatim

Tagline: Adakah dia jembalang atau hantu atau syaitan atau ..? [Is he a goblin or ghost or demon or ...?]
Overview: Fuad Din has been missing for 10 years. One day a telegram arrives stating that he will be returning home soon. His family receive the news with mixed feelings. When he finally returns. Fuad faces every conflict calmly and no one in the family knows that he went abroad to seek medical treatment. Tires of living in pretence, Fuad’s only wish is to be in his beloved country and with his loved ones whom he misses dearly.

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Directed by: Rahim Razali
Genres: Drama, Family, Comedy
Starring: Rahim Razali, Noor Kumalasari, Ahmad Yatim

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
healing
isolation
love
identity
Places: home
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	3
Realism	7
Romance	2
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama, family, comedy
Directed by: Rahim Razali
Written by: Rahim Razali
Starring: Rahim Razali, Noor Kumalasari, Ahmad Yatim, Ahmad Tarmimi Siregar, Ogy Ahmad Daud, Noriah Abdullah, Dato' S. Roomai Noor, Umi Kalthum
Runtime: 105 min
Languages: Malay

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