A Tree in Tanjung Malim 丹绒马林有棵树
2004 | 25 mins | Chinese & English subs

Producer: Deepak Kumaran Menon
Director: Tan Chui Mui
Screenwriter: Tan Chui Mui
Camera: Albert Hue
Art Director: Sylvia Ong
Music: Zhang 43
Cast: Pete Teo, Foo Fei Ling

With Kind Assistance of Yasmin Ahmad

Synopsis
A fictional autobiographical sketch from the director's youth. A refined and almost imperceptibly sultry film. It barely has the onset of a story. A young woman,still a girl, saunters down the street at night with a man who hasn't been a boy for some time. The mood is more listless than erotic. The dialogues are more bored than poetic, yet there is something contemplative in their strolling and chatting. The man is played by local rock star Pete Teo, but even if you don't know that, his intriguing personality holds the consciously scanty story together. The director used to look down on old people who hadn't made it. She regrets that now.

Award
Principal Award, 51st Oberhausen International Short Film Festival
Best Foreign Short Film, Entrevues Belford International Film Festival, France

Watch
https://www.cathayplay.com/zh-CN/a-tree-in-tanjung-malim1