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Melati Putih

1984 · 94 min

A gentle, sunny village romance about a bright girl's first love and leaving home, told with earnest warmth and quiet sadness.

Overview: Melati is a bright, cheerful, smart and pretty teenage girl. She recently passed her final school examinations and applied to be a trainee teacher at the Teacher’s College. Melati’s mother, Sharifah is a single mother and she took pity of a handicapped boy at the 'kampung' and treats him like her own son. When Hisham, a handsome young man were transferred to the 'kampung' from the city, they met and Melati fell head over heel with Hisham. When her application was accepted to attend the training course at the Teacher’s College, Melati felt sad to leave her mother and Hisham.

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
love
family
parenthood
education
Places: countryside
small town
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex mild

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	6
Tension	2
Darkness	2
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: drama
Directed by: M. Raj
Starring: Shaffie Mohamed, Tantiana Hamzah, Baha Arshad, Rokiah Shafie, Yusof Haslam
Runtime: 94 min

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