Best movie ever!

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Blistering performances.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

The second movie by Erma has some nice photography - those beach scenes on the East Coast - and had the potential to be an engrossing but provocative drama about cultural conflict (Plot is about a Western-educated man who tries to find his native Malay identity). But there's something preachy about the way the issues are presented; the dialogue is too heavy and everyone is so solemn. The closing shot is kind of obnoxious, too. But credit to Vanida as the female lead - and even the normally wooden Eizlan is not THAT bad here.