Tentang Bulan

This is one of the best local movies I have ever seen in a long time. By chance I caught a little of the beginning one night on telly and was drawn into completing the entire show. For those of you who loves the moon and gazing at the night skies you'll know what it means when you watch this simple yet enchanting tale of five friends coming of age; the odd one out being a girl.

Childhood stories are always amazing when we look back with nostalgia and reminiscence, unless of course if it was a terrifying one. Even if the past was horrendous it is better to revisit it to find a closure than to bury it alive.

Tentang Bulan, or regarding the moon or about the moon, is a very poignant story of the joys and tears of being friends, being ostracized and being accepted. In a backwater town in Perlis, which is way up north of Malaysia, these five kids go through their trials and tribulations of being bullied, getting infatuated, fibbing to save their skin and simply being kids having the time of their lives.

Though it doesn't come close to the likes of Stand By Me, Fried Green Tomatoes or Not One Less, it is still a great movie, just without something uniquely its own.

The score and soundtrack will help build up the tears and wistfulness.