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Si Badul

1979 · 110 min

A breezy, playful con-man comedy that coasts on charm and silly scheming rather than any real stakes.

Overview
Badul pretending to be a rich man from Sarawak and later married Milah. After his marriage he uses trickery to deceive the rich by borrowing too much money. When you manage to get the money he had disappeared.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • deception
  • greed
  • class
  • love
  • betrayal
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour8
Realism6
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Aziz Sattar
Starring
A R Badul, Milah Hussain, R. Jaafar, Mahmud June, Normadiah, Raja Ismail, Julie Dahlan
Runtime
110 min
Languages
Malay

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