Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Flower in the pocket

Malaysia 2007

Details dahuangpictures

Seen 12 January 2008

The child actors in this movie remind me so much of child actors in Iranian films. Natural. I guess a director cannot go wrong if they cast the right child in his movie.

The three main actors in the movie depict the normal life of children at school, home and play. The innocence of children playing and enjoying each others company seem such a wild dream compared to what man do when they reach adulthood.

There were also snippets of Malaysian life juxtaposed against the progress the nation has made in terms of material development. The family is still the core of society even if there are more single parents at the helm at present. They do try to give the best to their offspring. I guess in hopes that the children will have a better life in future.

In the meantime, the children should be allowed to be children, enjoying their childhood years without the prejudices of the adults colouring their experiences.

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