Mukhsin
| Mukhsin | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Yasmin Ahmad |
| Produced by | Ahmad Puad Onah |
| Starring | Sharifah Aryana Mohd Syafie Naswip Adibah Noor |
| Edited by | Affandi Jamaluddin |
| Music by | Hardesh Singh |
| Distributed by | Grand Brilliance |
Release dates | March 8, 2007 |
Running time | 95 min. |
| Country |  Malaysia |
| Languages | Malay English Mandarin |
Mukhsin is a 2007 Malay language Malaysian film directed by Yasmin Ahmad. It is the third installment in the "Orked" trilogy.
Shot in just 12 days, it won 2 awards at the 57th Berlin International Film Festival (2007): the Grand Prix from the Kinderfilmfest International Jury, and the Generation K-Plus Crystal Bear Special Mention. Within the first 4 days of its limited release in Malaysia, it earned RM700,000 in box-office takings.
Tagline': Everyone has a first love story to tell.
Plot
The story takes place in Sekinchan, Sabak Bernam in 1993, revolving around the first love of a 10-year-old Orked when a 12-year-old boy, Mukhsin, comes with his elder brother and aunt to spend the school holidays in her village.
Around this relatively simple plotline of a blossoming young romance between the film's two young protagonists, are interweaved scenes of Malaysian village life and the dynamics of different types of families. Most of the family scenes revolve around Orked and her mother (Mak Inom), father (Pak Atan), and the family's close maid who is almost like a family member (Kak Yam).
The other families which are given attention in the movie are Mukhsin's family (with his elder brother who has lost his way in life and is trying desperately to find their mother who abandoned them at a young age, and their Aunty who is trying to take care of the two boys as though they were her own), and Orked's neighbours (with the young daughter and pregnant mother who are critical of the western ways of Orked's family, while they themselves are hurt by the father who wants to abandon them to take on a second wife).
Cast
- Mukhsin - Mohd Shafie Naswip
- Orkid - Sharifah Aryana Syed Zainal Rashid Al-Yahya
- Mak Inom - Sharifah Aleya Binti Syed Zainal Rashid Yahya
- Kak Yam - Adibah Noor
- Pak Atam - Irwan Iskandar
Music
- "Hujan" (Rain) Keroncong songs - Adibah Noor
- "Ne me quitte pas" (Don't leave me) - Nina Simone
External links
- Awards List from 57th Berlin International Film Festival, 2007
- IMDb Entry
- Cinema Online Article
- Movie summary from program for 57th Berlin International Film Festival, 2007
- Think.com movie review
- Movie Information at Malaysian cinema website
- Review: mukhsin - orked’s first and memorable love
- New York Times review
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