A Malayalam-speaking filmmaker called Chris sets out for Kolkata to shoot a documentary in reaction to Louis Malle’s 1969 Calcutta. Despite being Indian, he’s as much a stranger to the city as Malle was. Shortly after starting to shoot the film, Covid-19 hits the world, forcing him into quarantine. Instead of facing Kolkata, Chris is now faced with the relationship with his wif...
The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies. Nobody understand the meaning of these words better than successful motivational speaker Iskandar Shah. He learns that his wife has been cheating on him. He toyed with the idea of killing her. But he feels death is an easy punishment for her. He wants her to suffer. He set up a plan that will drag her in...
Almost sensual observation of a young cleaning lady. The heat of the Malaysian evening is almost tangible.
A sultry evening in tropical Asia. A young housekeeper is busy at work in the kitchen for an elderly woman. She is filleting a frog. She swats a mosquito. It doesn’t look as if much is happening, but what does happen is meticulously observed. The maker does not want to say...
