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Abang Adik

Name: Abang Adik
Released: 2023

富都青年

2023

Two undocumented orphan brothers scrape by in Kuala Lumpur — the elder deaf and resigned to poverty, the younger seething with anger — until a violent accident shatters their fragile world. A raw, moving drama.

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Part of 10 Essential Malaysian Films

This film is stop 2 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Malaysia. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

Watching this film stamps Malaysia in the 196 country film challenge.