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Mother Bhumi

2025 · 129 min

A slow, haunting immersion into a widow's grief and a land's buried history, where everyday survival and supernatural dread blur together.

Directed by
Keat Aun Chong
Genres
Drama, History
Starring
Fan Bingbing, Natalie Hsu, Pearlly Chua
Overview
In a community of farmers living on the Malaysia-Thailand border, Hong Im recently lost her husband under mysterious circumstances. Hong Im uses black magic to address villagers’ everyday issues until she encounters a ghost that reveals a secret about her husband’s death.

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Directed by
Keat Aun Chong
Genres
Drama, History
Starring
Fan Bingbing, Natalie Hsu, Pearlly Chua
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How it feels

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • isolation
  • survival
  • colonialism
  • family
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror5
Humour1
Realism6
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, history
Directed by
Keat Aun Chong
Written by
Keat Aun Chong
Starring
Fan Bingbing, Natalie Hsu, Pearlly Chua, Bai Run-yin, Pauline Tan, Rithaudin Kadir, Loh Lai Kan, Mei Ling Tan
Cinematography
Leung Ming-kai
Runtime
129 min
Country
Hong Kong, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Italy
Languages
Malay, Mandarin, Thai

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