A Tree in Tanjung Malim
A woman on the brink of adulthood has a conversation with a world-weary older man during the course of one night.
Tan Chui Mui
Tan Chui Mui
Casts & Crew
Foo Fei Ling
Pete Teo
Also Directed by Tan Chui Mui
Chui Mui Tan's part in the anthology film Fragment. A sort of sequel to A Tree in Tanjung Malim.
We often fall in love first, and then look for reasons, to justify why we love someone. To ask "why you love me?", is as silly as to ask "why you don't love me?". There is no reason, and there is no logic.
In this omnibus film, six directors from the region each reflect on the Chinese diaspora. Thai filmmaker Aditya Assarat describes a meeting in Thailand between Paula and her friends, who have Chinese roots, with her cousin Mumu, who was born in China; Royston Tan from Singapore tells of the special meaning that making the traditional Popiah dish has for a Chinese family; Midi Zhao from Myanmar follows the death of a grandfather surrounded by Chinese customs in a village in Myanmar; Sun Koh from Singapore makes a small-scale comedy about the commercialisation of the local radio station, influenced by mainland China; Tan Chui Mui from Malaysia composes a poetic, visual reflection on being an outsider and wandering; and Tsai Ming-liang, also born in Malaysia, observes the seventh-storey apartment in which he grew up as a child.
In a powerful future world, everything is perfect but nobody is allowed to talk.
Four male friends meet at a pizza restaurant for a late night of boozing and talking.
A washed-up actress who goes through martial arts training for a comeback role while searching for her identity.
Dream #3 We Need You to Save the World
Dream #2 He Slept Too Long
Ping has come from Penang in the north to Kuala Lumpur to work with her aunt. There she meets John, a young man who keeps trying to approach her. Ping feels increasingly attracted to John, and although she has a boyfriend in Penang she is drawn more and more into his world. Ping loses herself in her love and does all she can to keep John.