This movie review will be a bit different. It’ll be more of what I learnt from the movie (or at least, what I thought I learn). I’ll be discussing the stereotypes portrayed in it (this is originally my Malaysian Studies class assignment).
So, basically Sepet (means: Slit eye referring to a typical Chinese’s eyes) is a Malay movie set in a town(Ipoh) in Perak, Malaysia. It was written and directed by the late Yasmin Ahmad. Yasmin Ahmad (as most Malaysian would have known) is a director who has a style that is very distinct (than other Malaysian directors) and characteristic of her (not that I know her or anything, but it’s like – when you watch her movies/ads/etc you’ll know it’s hers). In one word, Yasmin Ahmad is different. Her works get very controversial most of the time (some banned), before grabbing awards for her. You can know more about her by just google-ing her name (i guess) and checking out her blogs