European Premiere

Screenings: Sunday, June 22, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 24, 19:00 (Monopol-Kino)
BITTER

Country of Origin: Malaysia
Year of Production: 2014
Duration: 10′
Category: Fiction
Language: English without subtitles, Malay with English subtitles

Director: John W. J. Cho
Screenplay: John W. J. Cho
Cinematographer: John W. J. Cho, Praveen Kumar
Editor: John W. J. Cho
Producer: Sandie Lee, Catherine Y.L. Tan, John W. J. Cho
Cast: Alfred Loh, Ish Jamaludin, Michael Chen, Brian Ong, Kit Lim

Synopsis: Yan works as a small-time pusher in the local narcotics ring. Despite regular phone calls from his handler reassuring him that someone will take his place, he grows increasingly paranoid that it’s only a matter of time before he is found out.
Inhalt: Yan arbeitet als kleinkrimineller Drogenhändler. Trotz regelmäßiger Anrufe seines Chefs, der ihm versichert, dass ihn bald jemand ersetzen wird, wird er immer paranoider. Er glaubt, dass es nur eine Frage der Zeit ist, bis er aufläuft.

Festivals: Tropfest SEA (Malaysia, 2014), Salón Internacional de la Luz (Colombia, 2014)

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