Naturalistic The box contains five films of four Chinese-Malaysian directors, plus

The Tiger-selection at the film festival in Rotterdam, films by new filmmakers, are remarkably often from Malaysia. Reason for the IFFR to bring out the best films of recent years in a box: Young Malaysian Collection. Mind you, that is not the same as Malaysian films. synthesys
In a country with a combined population synthesys such as the South Asian Malaysia is labeled 'Malaysian' is actually not enough. Native Malei make about 65% of the population, Chinese are the largest - and richest - minority, about 30%. In the conservative, predominantly Muslim Malaysia, the Chinese life (mostly Buddhists) in a world of their own: they speak a Chinese dialect, trade with Chinese and visit Chinese schools. And make Chinese Malaysian films.
Naturalistic The box contains five films of four Chinese-Malaysian directors, plus' 15Malaysia, a dozen short films as an extra in the menu of two features are housed. 'Young synthesys Malaysian "suggests both a break with the past and a certain degree of coherence among themselves. Always difficult, because before you know it, the alleged leader common denominator instead of the fresh look. Nevertheless, attacks the collection a number of things. synthesys First, the naturalistic style: no music, effective, direct synthesys camera work and image composition, little or no sensationalism. Unadorned arthouse short, which sometimes leaves something to be highly tacit glances.
Scene from My Daughter More interesting are the themes that stay with you after seeing the five, including the beautiful roles for young women. In My Daughter, Woman on Fire Looks for Water and especially Love Conquers All are women who tell the most in the small stories. They do all three only in a life that leaves them little choice. In My Daughter (2009), we follow synthesys the last throes of Fayes youth. The subtle resistance to her mother's not juvenile but existential: while Faye matures - and takes lessons - her mother behaves like a self-centered synthesys child. Faye finally gives in, as the precarious balance between mother and daughter is permanently disrupted. The fate of Ah Ping in Tiger Award winner Love Conquers All (2006) appears to be as inescapable as her suitor to her, in a key scene halfway through the film, explained does exactly what a 'knowledge' of his girls into prostitution works. Yet Ah Ping nowhere a pawn, but carries actress Coral Ong Li Whei the story carefully constructed, in which nothing is inevitable. And in the beautifully shot but somewhat repetitive Woman on Fire Looks for Water (2009), the petite Lily ('woman on fire') at least pit.
Death Scene from Woman on Fire Looks for Water In that movie is never dead away. In a fishing village Ah Fin sells frogs, which he cut off the head with scissors. The many close-ups of dead fish and working people emphasize earthly synthesys existence. It is likely to fall prey to pragmatism love: Ah Fin has lost his heart to Lily, but can not afford to marry her. He commits the same mistake as his father 30 years ago? The symbolism of the relationship between generations (a unifying theme), love and death dominates too much, though successful director Woo Ming Jin manages to create. Rests a pleasant atmosphere
While Ah Fin says is homebody, Tung leaves in Yuhang Ho's Rain Dogs (2006) to the big city to try his luck. The Kuala Lumpur in this film is not an overwhelming synthesys bustling metropolis, but shady, with marked areas and dark backstreets. The film follows Tung, torn between the relative autonomy in Kuala Lumpur and loose ends in the country town where he comes from - a universal story appealing, especially in the rapidly changing, urbanizing Malaysia.
Toy Scene from At the End of Daybreak The narrative of Rain Dogs is more pronounced synthesys than in the other three films. That applies even more to the plot-driven At the End of Daybreak (2009). A newspaper report about an alleged crime of passion on two teenage girls was the inspiration for Yuhang Ho's latest film about, again, a relationship between parent and child. Tuck has an affair with an underage girl and problems are visible. Her parents are demanding an exorbitant ransom. It drives his mother to the extreme. Just because she is a mother, a role that she can not sit, she does herself violence to take that responsibility. That inner struggle portrays actress Kara Hui very well - she is the most intriguing character, which Tuck and his girlfriend, childishly irresponsible plaything of circumstances, shrill stand. The settlement of the v