The Big Durian
- Original title
- The Big Durian
- Year
- 2003
- Running time
- 75 min.
- Country
- Malaysia
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Documentary, Self: Amir Muhammad, Ghafir Akbar, Soh Boon Tat, Bernice Chauly, Anne James, Salleh Ben Joned, Jo Kukathas, Erna Mahyuni, Nam Ron, Low Ngai Yuen, Nell Ng, Farish A, See 9 More
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Documentary. Drama
- Synopsis
- On 18 October 1987, a soldier went on a murderous amok with an M-16 in Kuala Lumpur 's Chow Kit district. Due to circumstances peculiar to the time and place, this became the trigger for a citywide panic amid rumours of racial riots. Nine days later marked the start of an infamous Internal Security Act clampdown, "Operation Lalang." The subsequent months also saw a certain shift in the Malaysian public's perceptions of the police, media, judiciary, royalty and political process. The Big Durian is a fiction/documentary hybrid in which 23 Malaysians (some real, some fictitious) talk about how the chain of events affected them ... or not.
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