South East Asia: A Canon (by Kenji @mubi)
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Missing from IMDb:
Missing from IMDb:
- Lucky 7 (2008) by Sun Koh, K. Rajagopal, Boo Junfeng, Brian Gothong Tan, Chew Tze Chuan, Ho Tzu Nyen, Tania Sng (#56)
- Women Who Love Women: Conversations in Singapore (2007) by Lim Mayling (#105)
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- DirectorHong Sen NguyenStarsToi LamThuy An NguyenDe XuanThe story of a young man and his wife who struggle to survive against a hostile force intent upon driving them out of their home in the swamps of the Mekong Delta.
- DirectorJoshua OppenheimerAnonymousChristine CynnStarsAnwar CongoHerman KotoSyamsul ArifinA documentary which challenges former Indonesian death-squad leaders to reenact their mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres they wish, including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and lavish musical numbers.
- DirectorUsmar IsmailStarsA.N. AlcaffAstamanAwaludinA hero of revolution returns to civilian life to find the new society very different from the ideals he fought for.
- DirectorNia Di NataStarsCut Mini TheoTora SudiroAida NurmalaFriendship and principles are put to a test in the circle of Jakarta's social elite which can be as turbulent as the city's slums.
- DirectorTeguh KaryaStarsRoy MartenChristine HakimSlamet RahardjoBased on the famous novel, this is a story about Siska, a young woman, who gets heartbroken, as her fiancé broke off their engagement. Her brother introduces her to his friend Leo, who is known as a womanizer. However, he manages to make her happy. What she doesn't know is that Leo decided to be with her as she was a part of a bet...
- DirectorMike De LeonStarsRicky DavaoJoel TorreCris VillanuevaPart-investigative documentary, part-satire and shot entirely in black-and-white, the film tackles the mystery that surrounds the life and death of the Filipino hero, Jose Rizal.
- DirectorTindra RengatStarsRina HassimMuni CaderW.D. MochtarA diamond mine in the village is the source of competition between Kosim and Dorman. Dorman believes that the soul of his ancestor, Alberto Dominique, who is buried there, will help him achieve his ambition.
- DirectorEric KhooStarsTheresa Poh Lin ChanChiew Sung ChingLawrence Yong"Be with Me" consists of three stories of love vs. solitude : 1) An aging, lonesome shopkeeper doesn't believe in life anymore, ever since his wife died. But he is saved from desperation by reading an autobiographical book and meeting its author, a deaf and blind woman of his own age. 2) Fatty, a security guard in his fifties, lives for two things: good food and love for a pretty executive living in his block of flats. But, if it is easy to satisfy his first need, winning the heart of the distant belle is a horse of another color. 3) Two teenage schoolgirls get to know each other on the Internet. Soon they fall in love.
- DirectorJames LeeStarsChee Keong ChyeLen Siew MeePete TeoOne day Chang's wife Ling Yue went to work and never returns. She left no message of whatever kind or clues. A man named Tong shows up and claims to be Ling Yue's lover and is looking for her too. In a turn of event both men formed an uneasy alliance in order to find Ling Yue. This is the first part of James Lee's Love trilogy.
- DirectorDang Di PhanStarsThanh Minh PhanThi Kieu Trinh NguyenHa Phong NguyenIn an old house in Hanoi, Bi, a 6-year-old child lives with his parents, his aunt and their cook. His favorite playgrounds are an ice factory and the wild grass along the river. After being absent for years, his grandfather, seriously ill, reappears and settles at their house. While Bi gets closer to his grandfather, his father tries to avoid any contact with his family. Every night, he gets drunk and goes and see his masseuse, for whom he feels a quiet strong desire. Bi's mother turns a blind eye on it. The aunt, still single, meets a 16-year-old young boy in the bus. Her attraction to him moves her deeply.
- DirectorChaerul UmamStarsEl ManikIkranagaraMang Udel
- DirectorTeguh KaryaStarsZainal AbidinRina HassimAlex KomangTogar, a student from North Sumatra is expected by his parents to graduate. Because his talent is in journalism, Togar fails and becomes a labourer in a cement factory. With the assistance of Buyung, Togar begins writing for a newspaper and then quits his job in the cement factory.
- DirectorRatana PestonjiRatanavadi RatanabhandStarsRatanavadi RatanabhandSarinthip SiriwanSenee WisaneesarnPrae is a widowed mother who dresses all in black to mourn her dead husband. Her relationship with Thom, who runs a nightclub, leads her to become involved in a murder.
- DirectorApichatpong WeerasethakulStarsKanokporn TongaramMin OoJenjira PongpasThe story of a love affair that begins during a picnic on the Thai-Burmese border.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsNora AunorPhillip SalvadorMarissa DelgadoA female movie fan idolizes a movie bit-player who becomes her obsession. Her unrequited love for him leads to a nightmarish end.
- DirectorMinh Nguyen-VoStarsThe Lu LeThi Kieu Trinh NguyenHuu Thanh NguyenSet along the southern coast of Vietnam during the French occupation in the 1940s, water is everywhere, giving life and bringing decay and rot. Kim is 15; his father and step-mother have two buffalo, their lifeline as subsistence rice farmers. During the rainy season, there's no grass and the buffalo are starving. Kim volunteers to take the beasts inland to find food. On this coming-of-age journey, Kim sees men mistreat women, men fight with men, and French taxes rob the poor. He works for Lap, a buffalo herder whose past is entangled with Kim's parents, and he makes friends who will lead him to his place in the world.
- DirectorAnders ØstergaardStarsGeorge W. BushJoshua Min HtutKo MuangUsing smuggled footage, this documentary tells the story of the 2007 protests in Burma by thousands of monks.
- DirectorRithy PanhStarsBopha ChhengHoeun IengRotha Kèv
- DirectorYutthana MukdasanitStarsDuangjai HathaikarnRome IsaraWasana PholyiamHujan, an elementary school student, lived with his father and younger brother and sister since his mother died of illness. One day, learning that his father is about to lose his job, Hujan decides to quit school and become an ice candy peddler and gets involved in illegal work.
- DirectorIshmael BernalStarsCharito SolisAlma MorenoLorna TolentinoThe hidden nightlife of ordinary people living in Manila unveils. Lovers and families' conflicts are radically pitted against each other as they live in the night streets rampant with drugs and prostitution. The outstanding narrative explicitly unravels the various characters and episodes. This landmark film of Ishmael Bernal depicts the darkness of city life so vividly that it was once prohibited to use the word 'Manila' on its title.
- DirectorNia Di NataStarsFerry SalimLola AmariaNiniek L. KarimA woman, given up for adoption when she was young, returns from Holland to Indonesia to find out about her parents. She is about to discover a shocking truth...
- DirectorAnh Hung TranStarsLe Van LocTony Leung Chiu-waiNu Yên-Khê TranWhen a poor bicycle-taxi driver has his cyclo stolen, he is forced into a life of crime. Meanwhile, his sister becomes a sex worker.
- DirectorEdwinStarsSha Ine FebriyantiFaozan RizalSilent short (with music and inter-titles) telling an old Indonesian folk tale of a princess who ends up married to a dog.
- DirectorIfa IsfansyahStarsPrisia NasutionOka AntaraSlamet RahardjoYoung teenagers who fall in love live in poverty in their small village in the 1960s. The girl, Srintil, is a dancer blessed with dancing moves that said have a certain magic. The boy, Rasus, leaves the village to join the army force.
- DirectorRatana PestonjiStarsSeubneung KanpaiSutape WongkamhengDark Heaven is a 1958 musical-comedy-romance-drama film directed by Rattana Pestonji and written by Suwat Woradilok. A poor orphan girl, Nien, is on the run after stealing some food that a wealthy man had purchased to feed some dogs. She takes refuge with a singing garbage collector named Choo, who hides Nien in his garbage cart while the wealthy man and a policeman search for the girl. Choo then takes Nien back to his humble shack and gives her shelter. The pair fall in love, but their romance is cut short when he is drafted into the army and sent off to war. For a time, Nien takes over Choo's job as garbage collector, until she is adopted by a wealthy woman, who treats Nien as the daughter she never had. Choo comes back from the war, blinded by an explosion, Nien, while experiencing unimagined luxuries, is tortured by the conflict between her newfound wealthy lifestyle and her simple life with Choo.