Sepet

Sepet - is a Malay word, which refers to the 'slit eyes' of the Chinese.

Left: Ng Choo SeongRight: Sharifah Amani

This was the second time I watched a Malay local production movie. The first time was during Y1S1 Film Studies class, the movie was named Dalam Botol. The story is about how's a man did transgender in order to satisfy he loved one. However, the man the protagonist loved couldn't accept what the protagonist did, so the protagonist's 'boyfriend' leave him. Later, the protagonist falls in love with a girl again, they decided to marry. But end up the protagonist realized he still loves man instead of women, so the protagonist leave the women. This is story about, I guess? LOL!

Anyway, the movie screening for this week is Sepet. It is a story about the protagonist named Loong/ Jason (Ng Choo Seong) falls in love with a Malay girl Orked (Sharifah Amani) when she goes to the CD stall that Ah Loong incharged of to buy pirated VCD. Love blossoms between them starts to grow when Ah Loong gives another Takeshi Kaneshiro's VCD to Orked. At the end of this story, it does not show whether Ah Loong lived or died while Orked is going to England for further study, but the answer reviews in another movie 'Gubra' that Ah Loong didn't die.  

I'm surprised by myself. Before I watch Sepet, I thought I'll be just like the movie screening before the week 'Bunuhan' that I'll fall asleep in the class. I personally think that Sepet is more interesting as compared to Bunuhan. The main actress in Sepet, Sharifah Amani, was one of the actress in Another Country theater too! The first time when I saw her, I was like, wow! This actress had a super powerful voice. Even though she is small in size, but her voice is just as loud as... as... I don't know what word to use to describe. According to the information in the Internet, she was born in 1986 which means she is only 18-year-old when she acted in Sepet! She did a great job in the movie.

As for the male protagonist Ng Choo Seong, I didn't know anything about him. I'll find it out when I watch the another movie starring by him. HAHA! At the beginning of the movie, I thought he's like those bad person that we normally see in the Hong Kong movie. However, it blew my mind that a person selling pirated VCDs can also speak good English. I learned don't judge a book by its cover.

The thing I would like to appreciate was the scriptwriter wrote the both side's mother accept their kids to be in a relationship with different races. I can say that most of the people today are more open-minded if compared to last time. There are still many people couldn't accept their child to be in a relationship with other races. Just as similar as LGBT. Many people still cannot accept the fact that lesbian or gay couples can be very happy too, just depends on how you look at it. I believe that as long as you LOVE your partner, you can go through every obstacle with him or her.

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