Movie
Dream Palace
1953
A cautionary old-world melodrama that savours the folly of sudden wealth, moving from giddy high life to rueful moral reckoning.
- Directed by
- V. Girimaji
- Starring
- Mariani, Neng Yatimah, S. Shamsuddin
- Overview
- When Sulong, a penniless man, strikes it rich by winning the lottery, he begins to lead a high life and is duped into a friendship with a gang of swindlers. Their maneuvers to cheat him of his property are thwarted by their own internal rivalry. Apologetic for his earlier behaviour, Sulong decides to invest his riches in a “kong-si” soap factory.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, satirical, earnest and cynical. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Greed, betrayal, class, redemption
- Content
- Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- V. Girimaji
- Starring
- Mariani, Neng Yatimah, S. Shamsuddin
