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The same year Shaw’s Malay Film Productions released P. Ramlee’s Penarek Becha, they also produced this melodrama centred around another humble trishaw driver. Like Ramlee’s film it was co-written by young literary upstart Jamil Sulong (who later became a director). Similar issues around class, wealth and modernity are explored through the tale of a kindly older trishaw driver (Omar Rojik) who adopts Jamilah, an orphan and marries her guardian, offering her a simple but better life (including a very, very long visit the circus). As the years pass Jamilah pulls away from her impoverished kampong life towards a world of motor cars and monied families, while kind Omar’s health is failing. A classic slice of social-realist melodrama.
| Release : | 1955 |
| Rating : | 5.5 |
| Studio : | |
| Crew : | Director, |
| Cast : | Datin Saadiah Siput Sarawak Omar Rojik Ahmad Mahmud Latifah Omar |
| Genre : | Drama Music Romance |
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A Major Disappointment
The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.
The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.
This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.
