Sepet (2004)
One Chinese Boy, One Malay Girl, One Unforgettable Love Story.
19-year old Ah Loong is in charge of a street stall selling pirated VCDs. Ah Loong is an incurable romantic with a unique hobby – he loves to read and write poetry. Quite content to carry on being the Romeo of the slums, Ah Loong's life takes on a sudden change one day when a 16-year old Malay schoolgirl arrives at his stall in search of Wong Kar-Wai films.
- Date of release
- 2004-09-30
- TMDB
- 7.2 / 10 (10)
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Genres
- Romance, Comedy, Drama
- Director
- Yasmin Ahmad
- Collection
- Orked Trilogy
Casting
- Choo Seong Ng — Ah Loong
- Sharifah Amani — Orked
- Linus Chung — Keong
- Mei Ling Tan — Mah (Ah Loong's Mother)
- Thor Kah Hoong — Pah (Ah Loong's Father)
- Ida Nerina — Mak (Orked's Mother)
- Harith Iskander — Abah (Orked's Father)
- Adibah Noor — Kak Yam
- Zehan Marissa — Lin
- Alan Yun — Ah Loong's Brother
- Wan Alman B Wan Ariffin — Johari
- Tan Huey Tsair — Ah Loong's Sister-in-law
Interesting facts
Sepet is a 2005 Malaysian Malay-language teen romantic comedy-drama film set in Ipoh, Malaysia. Directed by Yasmin Ahmad, it tells of a love that blooms between a Chinese boy and a Malay girl. Sepet is a Malay word which, in this context, refers to the 'slit eyes' of the Chinese.
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