Fiction

FLOWER IN THE POCKET

Liew Seng Tat
Malaysia 2007
97 min
V'08

A film without a mother. A film with a father who has withdrawn into himself. And especially a film with two charming crooks who have no trouble misleading the audience. While the father throws himself into his shop-window dummy firm and seems to look for love among the lifeless models, his sons Ma Li Ahh and Ma Li Ohm roam the streets. Out of sight of adults, the kids have adventures, big and small, and find a little comrade in the form of a puppy. He becomes the most valuable thing they have, but it will soon be in danger of losing. Flower in the Pocket is an example of what has become known as the Malaysian New Wave. In fact it is a small wave of closely cooperating film makers who make touching features on small budgets on digital video, with the directors themselves acting as producers, scriptwriters, crew and even actors in each other's films. Flower in the Pocket is characterised by a melancholic absurdism and a slightly perverted cheerfulness. In this way, the film floats in an intangible way between being a film for children and for very mature adults. (Gertjan Zuilhof)

Credits
  • Lim Ming Wei - Ma Li Ahh
  • Wong Zi Jiang - Ma Li Ohm
  • James Lee - Ah Sui
  • Amira Nasuha Binti Shahiran - Atan/Ayu
  • Mislina Mustaffa - Atans Mutter
  • Liew Seng Tat
  • Albert Hue See Leong
  • Ong Cheng Lam
  • Liew Seng Tat
  • Arif Rafhan Othman
  • Gan Siong King
  • Wong Tay Sy
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Video (Digi Beta)
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