“Songlap”, by the husband-wife team of Effendee Mazlan and Fariza Azlina is often described as a social realist film about the disenfranchised in the dark urban underbelly of Kuala Lumpur. But here I want to explore it as a neo-noir that’s uniquely Malaysian in its ethos. Songlap is a colloquial term connoting stealing or taking everything, which is about wanting to have it all mindset that is common within criminals or even referring to the ending, where it can be seen in a more positive manner.
“Songlap” is streaming on Mubi
The story is about two brothers both named Adam. The younger is Ad (played by Syafie Naswip) and the elder is Am (played by Shaheizy Sam) who works for a baby-trafficking ring being run by someone only called as Mama. The name choice Adam is as intentional as it can be where they both are sons of a...
“Songlap” is streaming on Mubi
The story is about two brothers both named Adam. The younger is Ad (played by Syafie Naswip) and the elder is Am (played by Shaheizy Sam) who works for a baby-trafficking ring being run by someone only called as Mama. The name choice Adam is as intentional as it can be where they both are sons of a...
- 12/5/2020
- by Abdul Rahman Shah
- AsianMoviePulse
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