Tiger Stripes | Malay. OmeU
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A body horror trip through the Malaysian jungle: bullied by her classmates, pubescent Zaffan has to cope with the changes in her body alone. And they are indeed so monstrous that soon the whole village is upside down.
A bra causes great uncertainty in a girls' school. Zaffan has secretly obtained it and tries it on in the toilet with her friends. But the news that Zaffan is the first to get her period causes even more of a furor. The superstitious classmates react in disgust and from one day to the next the girl is all alone. At the same time, the uncanny changes in her body progress at an alarming pace.
Debut director Amanda Nell Eu stages the entrance into puberty as a monstrous transformation in which a demon must inevitably have a hand. But this body horror trip through the dense Malaysian jungle has it all. Once the claws of the resolute young protagonist are extended, there is no stopping her.
This film is not shown in our current program
Our program for the cinema week starting on Thursday will be published each Monday afternoon