The Big Durian
2003·Malaysia·75 min.
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On 18 October 1987, a soldier went on a murderous amok with an M-16 in Kuala Lumpur 's Chow Kit district. Due to circumstances peculiar to the time and place, this became the trigger for a citywide panic amid rumours of racial riots. Nine days later marked the start of an infamous Internal Security Act clampdown, "Operation Lalang." The subsequent months also saw a certain shift in the Malaysian public's perceptions of the police, media, judiciary, royalty and political process. The Big Durian is a fiction/documentary hybrid in which 23 Malaysians (some real, some fictitious) talk about how the chain of events affected them ... or not.
DirectorAmir Muhammad
ScreenwriterAmir Muhammad
MusicHardesh Singh
CinematographyWoo Ming Jin
CastAmir Muhammad·Ghafir Akbar·Soh Boon Tat·Bernice Chauly·Anne James·Salleh Ben Joned·Jo Kukathas·Erna Mahyuni·Nam Ron·Low Ngai Yuen·Nell Ng·Farish A·Micheal Oo·Nigel Rajaretnam·Rashid Salleh·Zedeck Siew·Sandra Sodhy·Chacko Vadaketh·Shanthini Venugopal·Elizabeth Wong·Patrick TeohShow all
Original titleThe Big Durian