Snow in Midsummer

Scene of 513 incident is full of blood and gore, but there were no knives or guns, and the bloody cries were all in the background.

The director uses a long lens to make the viewer's perspective seem like an object at the historical scene. Viewer gets to watch history happen, feel the helplessness of the victims and survivors, and feel the sadness and heart ache of the families of the victims. However, as their sadness are too politically sensitive to be speak out publicly, it becoming speechless. It's a sadness that one's would like to let go, but it's hurts deep down whenever they thought of the history and its victims.

513 is not just a disaster for the Malaysia Chinese, it is also a disaster for other ethnic groups in Malaysia. I hope people will remember the pain of the blood disaster so that history will not repeat itself.

Watched in cinema, some of the dialogues and scenes are censored. A bit hard to understand if you don't know the history (unrecorded + passed down words of mouth) of the racial tension/massacre in Malaysia.

The film tells the story from ethnic chinese perspective, which is rare and I am surprised this is allowed here after decades of keeping this sort of pov away from mainstream media - to be fair, it's pretty censored still to not create tensions and opportunities at politicizing the movie, given Malaysia's delicate political situation that depends heavily on tribalism, fear, and divide as of current.

I was born way after the May 13th incident in 1969 and appreciate the work put into this movie in telling the history from the minority perspective. The movie did a great job painting the confusion, sorrow and carthasis without putting either side as the sole villain or victim. Some messages are symbolic and sorry to say, flew over my head, maybe due to the censorship. Love the incorporation of malay syair and chinese opera.

It's worth to check out if you have an open mind. Else, please avoid if you can only see things in black and white. It seems like a genuine movie made to tell history and remembrance without hidden agenda. Nice to see it from a rare perspective.