Beijing-based sales outfit Rediance has acquired worldwide rights to “Mother Bhumi,” the Fan Bingbing-starring drama from acclaimed Malaysian filmmaker Chong Keat Aun.
The company has released an exclusive still from the production as buyers head to the upcoming Cannes Film Market.
The film centers on Hong Im, a widowed farmer who leads a double life – tending paddy fields by day and serving as a ritual healer for villagers by night. When confronted with revelations about her husband’s death, she struggles to maintain equilibrium while seeking resolution for herself and her children.
The cast also includes Taiwan’s Bai Run-yin (Golden Horse winner “Old Fox”) and Hong Kong’s Natalie Hsu (“Suk Mung”) as Hong Im’s son and daughter, respectively.
Chong has established himself as a rising voice in Malaysian cinema. His debut “The Story of Southern Islet” (2020) earned him Best New Director honors at the Golden Horse Awards...
The company has released an exclusive still from the production as buyers head to the upcoming Cannes Film Market.
The film centers on Hong Im, a widowed farmer who leads a double life – tending paddy fields by day and serving as a ritual healer for villagers by night. When confronted with revelations about her husband’s death, she struggles to maintain equilibrium while seeking resolution for herself and her children.
The cast also includes Taiwan’s Bai Run-yin (Golden Horse winner “Old Fox”) and Hong Kong’s Natalie Hsu (“Suk Mung”) as Hong Im’s son and daughter, respectively.
Chong has established himself as a rising voice in Malaysian cinema. His debut “The Story of Southern Islet” (2020) earned him Best New Director honors at the Golden Horse Awards...
- 5/12/2025
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
“Why is all this happening?”
“Cause you stay cool and don’t say anything.”
In an interview from 2007 when he was invited to the Brussels International Festival of Fantastic Film Japanese, director Hiroyuki Sanako, better known as Sabu, talked about his approach to both filmmaking and writing. As reality is based on logic and rules agreed upon by society, changing the perspective often reveals the rules to be rather arbitrary. Coming up with the unusual situations, his characters, often imprisoned by reality and the conventions it is defined by, are therefore equal to show the fragility of everyday life and its rules.
“Mr Long” is screening at Five Flavours Asian Film Festival
In the past, the concept has taken a rather absurd turn for his characters, often played by actor Tsutsumi Shin’ichi. Whether it is the postman finding rather gruesome items in the mail or the salary man waking...
“Cause you stay cool and don’t say anything.”
In an interview from 2007 when he was invited to the Brussels International Festival of Fantastic Film Japanese, director Hiroyuki Sanako, better known as Sabu, talked about his approach to both filmmaking and writing. As reality is based on logic and rules agreed upon by society, changing the perspective often reveals the rules to be rather arbitrary. Coming up with the unusual situations, his characters, often imprisoned by reality and the conventions it is defined by, are therefore equal to show the fragility of everyday life and its rules.
“Mr Long” is screening at Five Flavours Asian Film Festival
In the past, the concept has taken a rather absurd turn for his characters, often played by actor Tsutsumi Shin’ichi. Whether it is the postman finding rather gruesome items in the mail or the salary man waking...
- 11/15/2019
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
“Why is all this happening?”
“Cause you stay cool and don’t say anything.”
In an interview from 2007 when he was invited to the Brussels International Festival of Fantastic Film Japanese, director Hiroyuki Sanako, better known as Sabu, talked about his approach to both filmmaking and writing. As reality is based on logic and rules agreed upon by society, changing the perspective often reveals the rules to be rather arbitrary. Coming up with the unusual situations, his characters, often imprisoned by reality and the conventions it is defined by, are therefore equal to show the fragility of everyday life and its rules.
In the past, the concept has taken a rather absurd turn for his characters, often played by actor Tsutsumi Shin’ichi. Whether it is the postman finding rather gruesome items in the mail or the salary man waking up in an anonymous hotel room, slowly...
“Cause you stay cool and don’t say anything.”
In an interview from 2007 when he was invited to the Brussels International Festival of Fantastic Film Japanese, director Hiroyuki Sanako, better known as Sabu, talked about his approach to both filmmaking and writing. As reality is based on logic and rules agreed upon by society, changing the perspective often reveals the rules to be rather arbitrary. Coming up with the unusual situations, his characters, often imprisoned by reality and the conventions it is defined by, are therefore equal to show the fragility of everyday life and its rules.
In the past, the concept has taken a rather absurd turn for his characters, often played by actor Tsutsumi Shin’ichi. Whether it is the postman finding rather gruesome items in the mail or the salary man waking up in an anonymous hotel room, slowly...
- 2/1/2019
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
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