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Perempuan Melayu Terakhir

1999 · 112 min

A quiet, sincere journey through grief and cultural longing, slow and reflective, with gentle romantic pull and a rooted sense of place.

Overview
Haikal is a producer who faces the loss of his Caucian wife, Linda after she gave birth to their child. He travels to East Coast Malaysia in search of his identity of being a Malay. As he arrives there, he meets with a girl named Mustika who still upholds the tradition of Malay. Although she is engaged, Haikal finds himself strongly attracted to her and determined to make a cultural Malay stage theatre.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • grief
  • love
  • trauma
  • family
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Erma Fatima
Written by
Syed Azidi
Starring
Vanida Imran, Eizlan Yusof, Ahmad Yatim, Azri Iskandar, Nanu Baharudin, M. Nasir, Tiara Jacquelina, Jit Murad
Cinematography
Teoh Gay Hian
Runtime
112 min
Languages
Malay

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