The Big Durian

On the night of 18 October 1987, a soldier ran amok with an M16 in the area of Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur. Due to the thorny circumstances of the time and place, his amok triggered a citywide panic and rumours of racial riots. Why did he do it? Why were Malaysians so jittery at the time? And what happened next? "The Big Durian" speaks to 23 Malaysians to find out.

English bahasa Melayu
  • TheTVDB.com Movie ID 147168
  • Status Released
  • Released Malaysia April 23, 2003 (Premiere) Singapore April 30, 2003 (Singapore International Film Festival) India July 26, 2003 (CINEFAN Film Festival) Philippines August 22, 2003 (Cinemanila Film Festival) Japan October 13, 2003 (Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival) United States of America November 1, 2003 (Hawaii Film Festival) The Netherlands November 24, 2003 (Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival) United States of America January 17, 2004 (Sundance Film Festival) Thailand February 1, 2004 (Bangkok International Film Festival) Hong Kong April 12, 2004 (Hong Kong International Film Festival) Argentina April 20, 2004 (Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema) South Korea April 25, 2004 (Jeonju International Film Festival) Great Britain May 1, 2004 (Commonwealth Film Festival) South Africa June 25, 2004 (Durban Film Festival) France July 2, 2004 (Marseille International Documentary Festival) Japan September 11, 2004 (Fukuoka Film Festival) Canada October 1, 2004 (Vancouver International Film Festival) Lebanon November 4, 2004 (Beirut Docudays Documentary Festival) United States of America April 9, 2005 (Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival) Great Britain September 18, 2005 (Firecracker Showcase) Great Britain September 26, 2005 (Bite the Mango Film Festival) Germany November 13, 2005 Canada November 26, 2005 (Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival) Czech Republic December 4, 2005 (FilmAsia Festival) United States of America March 27, 2006 (DVD premiere) Norway January 18, 2008 (Tromsø International Film Festival) France March 7, 2008 (Festival Cinéma du Réel) Mexico February 23, 2009 (Mexico City International Contemporary Film Festival) France January 24, 2010 (Centre Pompidou, Paris) Brazil March 16, 2010 (FacaVoce Mesmo - O Novo Cinema da Malásia)
  • Runtime 75 minutes
  • Genres Documentary Drama
  • Original Country Malaysia
  • Original Language English
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