Set in a coastal village in northern Malaysia, The Elephant and the Sea is a film about the lives of two individuals after a mysterious water-borne disease strikes the area.
The film is coming out in Malaysia on the 21st of August 2008
An elephant has disappeared and its owner has to make do without it.
The sea has retreated, but all the harm it has done is still visible.
The inhabitants of a coastal village try to make the best of it, on
both sides of the law. Yun Ding does all kinds of things to make ends
meet, even putting down planks in the road with nails hammered into
them so he can then mend the punctured tyres... Silent fisherman Ah
Ngau was at sea for days and when he came back, he discovered his wife
had died. His coastal village is under quarantine due to a mysterious
disease and he is forced to spend some time in the nearby city. The
film leaves many questions unanswered. But together the fragments and
impressions evoke the special atmosphere of life in a contemporary
tropical Malaysian village.
Directed by Woo Ming Jin and starring Berg Lee, Chung Kok Keong, Ng Meng Hui, Cheong Wai Loon, Tan Chui Mui and Beatle Yap.
About the director
Woo Ming Jin
(b. 1976, Malaysia) studied film and TV production in California and
worked on several television shows and commercials. In addition, he has
worked as a screenwriter, cameraman and editor on productions such as The Amber Sexalogy, Wind Chimes and the documentary The Custodial Code. He made his feature debut in 2006 with Monday Morning Glory, which was screened in Berlin. Films: Love for Dogs (2003, short), It’s Possible Your Heart Cannot Be Broken (2005, short), Salon (2005), Monday Morning Glory (2006), The Elephant and the Sea (2007).
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