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Senja Merah

1982 · 97 min

A slow, earnest family melodrama where old wounds and inheritance tensions simmer beneath polite surfaces.

Overview
It deals with Mahmud, a tycoon sawmill married a widow with one son, Zubaidah worked as a restaurant entrepreneur. Baharum, Zubaidah son befriends Mahmud adopted daughter Mira since childhood. As adults, their relationship grew stronger and they loved each other. Maher, a biological child relationship of Mahmud did not think much of it because he feared his father's estate will fall into the hands of both of them.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 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
  • love
  • greed
  • betrayal
  • class
Places
  • small town
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Hussein Abu Hassan
Starring
Latif Ibrahim, Jamaliah Arshad, Yusof Haslam, Faizal Hussein, Ahmad B, Mahyon Ismail, Rose Iskandar, Hussein Abu Hassan
Runtime
97 min
Country
Malaysia
Languages
Malay

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