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The Arsonist (2001)

The Arsonist (2001)

Drama
Release Date: 2001, October 25
Directors: U-Wei Haji Saari
Countries: Malaysia
Production: Satu Gitu
Cast: Bell Ngasri, Khalid Salleh, Azizah Mahzan, Kuswadinata, Jamaluddin Abd Kadir, Anuar Idris

Overview:

The Arsonist involves the struggles of an undocumented immigrant family and a boy's coming-of-age. The son Kesuma must forge his own identity against the intimidating presence of his father Kakang, a man proud of his Javanese heritage and well aware of the social inequalities that allow his exploitation. Kakang counteracts by torching the property of those who slight him, leaving Kesuma simultaneously proud, fearful and ashamed. A clash of wills is all but inevitable. The film climaxes in a poignant conflagration, literal and metaphorical.