River of Exploding Durians (2014)
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When a rare earth plant is being built near a coastal town, its inhabitants fall into despair, fearful of its radioactive effects.
- Date of release
- 2014-10-24
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 2h 8m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Edmund Yeo
Casting
- Jacqueline Zhu — Teacher Lim
- Koe Shern — Ming
- Daphne Low — Hui Ling
- Joey Leong — Mei Ann
- Pearlly Chua — Headmistress
- Mayjune Tan — Sandy
- Azman Hassan — Plant Manager
- Ivan Tai — Guo Xiang
- Kenji Sawahii — Mei Ann's Father
- Chew Kin Wah — Ming's Father
- Lee Yoke Lan — Activist
- Jonathan Lee — Cousin Choong
Interesting facts
River of Exploding Durians is a 2014 Malaysian drama film directed by Edmund Yeo. It is his first full-length film. It follows the high school students and their history teacher as they fight against the construction of a potentially radioactive rare earth plant. The film had its world premiere at the 2014 Tokyo International Film Festival, where it competed for the main prize.
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