KUALA LUMPUR: After making a mark on the worldwide stage by ‘Redha’, film director Tunku Mona Riza Tunku Khalid (pix) is unlocking one other achievement together with her first-ever Cantonese-language film, Rain Town.
Interestingly, the New York Film Academy alum just isn’t conversant within the language and all through the filming in Taiping, Perak, she needed to depend on an interpreter.
“I get pleasure from new challenges…and I’m not neglecting the Malay language, however it’s good to make use of different languages to develop our film business.
“I don’t simply work utilizing totally different languages however undergo the fascinating course of from totally different views by interplay and studying. Although there’s a sense of worry and apprehension, I’m happy with the outcomes,” she informed reporters after the film’s launch just lately.
Tunku Mona stated she had directed ads in a number of languages, together with Mandarin, Khmer, and Vietnamese, apart from making tremendous telefilms Uri (Iban) and Parit Jawa (Javanese).
Like Redha, which was impressed by a real story documenting the challenges confronted by a pair in caring for their autistic little one, Rain Town additionally options household points plaguing Malaysia’s multi-racial society.
According to the Best New Director on the twenty ninth Malaysian Film Festival, Rain Town tells an emotionally charged story of controlling dad and mom.
“It is a typical household concern confronted by some communities. Although some could make gentle of the matter, it nonetheless could cause cracks within the relationship between members of the family, leading to a lack of respect and understanding.
“…from the suggestions we get, many have shared that the problems offered within the film are relatable as they’re going through the identical downside,” she added.
Rain Town follows Choo, a father of three grown kids, Isaac, Alex and Ruby, who proceed interfering of their private lives, forcing them to desert their desires and happiness.
Their already strained relationship takes a flip for the more severe when Choo’s spouse, Aileen, meets with an accident, throwing the household into heart-wrenching conflicts.
Rain Town acquired worldwide recognition because the Most Anticipated Language Film on the thirty sixth China Golden Rooster Awards held along with the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival in Xiamen, China, in November.
Produced by Current Pictures Sdn Bhd, it additionally represented Malaysia on the tenth Silk Road International Film Festival in Fuzhou, China, the Vancouver Asian Film Festival, the Asian World Film Festival, the 54th International Film Festival of India and the Medan Film Festival in November.
Rain Town is about to premiere on Feb 8, 2024. – eNM
