MUKSIN
by Yasmin Ahmad, Fiction, 94', 1970, 35mm, MALAISIA
With Sharifah Aryana Syed Zainal Rashid, Mohd Syafie bin Naswip, Irwan Iskandar bin Abidin, Sharifah Aleya Syed Zainal Rashid

Au coeur d’un village malais, les parents d’Orked suscitent critiques et jalousies par leur comportement atypique : ils ne craignent pas d’exposer leur amour au grand jour, ni d’élever leur fille comme un garçon. En faisant la connaissance du jeune Muksin, Orked va vivre une tendre amitié…

YASMIN AHMAD
Born in 1958 in Johor in Malaysia, Yasmin Ahmad studied psychology in England. Once back in Malaysia, she works in publicity during 25 years. After 10 years of writing and directing advertising films for television, and 4 years of poetry writing, she directs her first film Rabun in 2002. Then, she shoots Sepet (2004) (Audience prize in Créteil in 2005) about an inter-racial love affaire, which is the first part of Gubra followed by Muksin in 2006.