Mamat is a native of Kelantan, Malaysia, but he had left Malaysia many years earlier to join his brother Lazim in South Thailand in order to continue making his living as a trainer of fighting bulls (a Jogho). The practice had been outlawed in Malaysia but continued in Thailand. Mamat lives with his wife and three daughters, three divorcees and one who has not yet married, but ...
1987 年 10 月,名叫亚当的士兵手持M16步枪在吉隆坡华人地区扫射,导致一名马来人、两名华人死亡,震撼当时的大马社会。导演阿米尔在 16 年后拿着DV摄影机,到街头上采访市民对这场动乱的记忆,以及他们对于政治、社会、种族、宗教议题的意见,在虚构和现实交杂间,构筑了鲜活生猛的吉隆坡庶民群像。马来西亚首部入围日舞影展的影片,透过回顾影响了往后数十年大马政治局势的关键一年,阿米尔从一触即发的巫华冲突、政治大逮捕的「茅草行动」、箝制媒体等事件、进一步碰触到 1969 年的「513 事件」的禁忌议题,叙事幽默轻快,却直指马来西亚的政治社会核心。
The endeavours of a dedicated teacher who embarks upon a journey that changes the lives of 6 young misfits forever. Based on a true story.