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Love Conquers All

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Love/Romance · Women · Psychology  

  • CountryMalaysia
  • Production Year2006
  • Running Time90min
  • Format DV
  • ColorCOLOR
Program Note
A special gaze on an ordinary love story - that is director Tan Chui Mui`s gaze on the subtle emotions of love. Aping has moved to Kuala Lumpur from Penang and works at her aunt`s restaurant. She frequently calls her boyfriend in Penang to overcome her loneliness in the strange city. When she starts dating the persistent John she begins to experience subtle emotional changes. From this moment onwards, director Tan Chui Mui starts analyzing Aping`s complicated psyche. Even after Aping falls in love with John, she still calls her boyfriend and tells him - in front of John - that she loves him. Is love merely an expedient means for Aping to overcome her loneliness? To express such subtle and complicated moments, Tan Chui Mui embeds painful depictions of Aping`s loneliness throughout the film. Aping`s non-expressiveness has an appealing, listless quality that one sometimes senses in a late afternoon. Can Aping overcome all things through love? The film`s final twist makes us aware of its paradoxical title. This debut piece by a female director is remarkable in its portrayal of the peculiar flow of hushed emotions. (Kim Ji-seok)
Director
TAN Chui Mui
Born in 1978 in Kuantan, Pahang, Tan Chui Mui has worked as a columnist for local newspapers and magazines. An active member of the Malaysian Independent film industry, she has directed five short films. [A Tree in Tanjung Malim] had won the Principal Prize in the 51st Oberhaousen International Short Film Festival. [Love Conquers All] is her debut feature film, which was supported by Hubert Bals Fund. Her next film project [Living Quietly] had received CNC Script Development Grant in the Locarno International Film Festival Open Door program.
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  • Director TAN Chui Mui 탄 취무이
  • Producer Amir MUHAMMAD
  • Cast ONG Li Whei, CHUAH Stephen, LEONG Jiun Jiun, HO Chi Lai
  • Screenplay TAN Chui Mui
  • Cinematography James LEE
  • Editor HO Yuhang
  • Sound Steven LEONG
  • Production Company Da Huang Pictures
    118A, Jalan Sultan Abdul Samad, off Jalan Tun Sambanthan, Kuala Lumpur, 50470, Malaysia
    tanchuimui@gmail.com