The Big Durian
7.5
On the night of 18 October 1987, a soldier ran amok with an M16 in the area of Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur. Due to the thorny circumstances of the time and place, his amok triggered a citywide panic and rumours of racial riots. Why did he do it? Why were Malaysians so jittery at the time? And what happened next? "The Big Durian" speaks to 23 Malaysians (some real, some fictional) to find out.
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Cast
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Amir Muhammad Director
United States release November 1, 2003 · Produced in Malaysia · Languages Chinese, English, Malay, Tamil
Production
Doghouse73 Pictures
Production
Malaysia
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Chinese · English · Malay · Tamil
Release dates
Malaysia · April 23, 2003
Premiere
United States · November 1, 2003
Theatrical
Argentina
April 20, 2004 · Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
Brazil
March 16, 2010 · FacaVoce Mesmo - O Novo Cinema da Malásia
Canada
October 1, 2004 · Vancouver International Film Festival
November 26, 2005 · Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival
Czechia
December 4, 2005 · Premiere · Filmasia Film Festival
France
July 2, 2004 · Marseille International Documentary Festival
March 7, 2008 · Festival Cinéma du Réel
January 24, 2010 · Centre Pompidou, Paris
Germany
November 13, 2005
Hong Kong SAR China
April 12, 2004 · Hong Kong International Film Festival
India
July 26, 2003 · CINEFAN Film Festival
Japan
October 13, 2003 · Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
September 11, 2004 · Fukuoka Film Festival
Lebanon
November 4, 2004 · Beirut Docudays Documentary Festival
Mexico
February 23, 2009 · Mexico City International Contemporary Film Festival
Netherlands
November 24, 2003 · Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival
Norway
January 18, 2008 · Tromsø International Film Festival
Philippines
August 22, 2003 · Cinemanila Film Festival
Singapore
April 30, 2003 · Singapore International Film Festival
South Africa
June 25, 2004 · Durban Film Festival
South Korea
April 25, 2004 · Jeonju International Film Festival
Thailand
February 1, 2004 · Bangkok International Film Festival
United Kingdom
May 1, 2004 · Commonwealth Film Festival
September 18, 2005 · Firecracker Showcase
September 26, 2005 · Bite the Mango Film Festival
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