Swing My Swing High, My Darling (Buai Laju – Laju)

Set in a kampong outside of Kuala Lumpur, Buai Laju Laju is an intense thriller that succesfully draws the viewer in. Amran is a drifter who turns up at a café owned by Ibrahim, a rich man married to a beautiful, young woman called Zaiton. Zaiton feels her life has stagnated into the mundane, but with the arrival of Amran, a reckless drifter, she begins to see the possibility of a different future. Amran is intrigued by Zaiton and agrees to stay and work around the café in return for food and lodging. She flirts with him, setting in motion an affair with disastrous consequences.

  • Director: U-Wei Bin Haji Saari
  • Genre: Drama / Thriller
  • Rating: PG
  • Availability: library@esplanade
  • Accession No: 2005-D-0082
  • Subtitles: English
  • Release Year: 2004
  • Producer: Julia Fraser, U-Wei Bin Haji Saari
  • Language: Malay
  • Production Country: Malaysia

Cast List:

  • Eman Manan, Khallid Salleh, Betty Banafe, Adlin Aman Ramli, Hasnul Rahmat, Baharuddin Haji Omar

Crew:

  • Executive Producer - Julia Fraser, Julie LeBrocquy
  • Scriptwriter - U-Wei Bin Haji Saari
  • Online Producer - Hafidz Osman / Noraini Nasir
  • Assistant Director - Anwar Idris
  • Production Manager - Hafidz Osman /Dewa Sapri
  • Assistant Production Manager - Hazrin Hashimi
  • Art Director - Fadzil Idris
  • Props Master - Supra Khir
  • Costume / Make Up - Sutex Mansur
  • Runner - Ya Karim /Din Botak /Isa
  • Phase 1 Technical Crew - Ali Kong Hussin
  • Director of Photography - Norhisham Amat Suanti (BAI)
  • Cameraman - Faiz
  • Assistant Cameraman - Azam Ali Kong
  • Lighting Designer - Halili
  • Assistant Lighting Designer - Saiful
  • Sound Designer - Hasnan
  • Phase 2 Director of Photography - Azman Razali
  • Assistant Cameraman - Nor Azam Mohd Yusoff
  • Lighting Designer - Zainordin Kobis
  • Sound Designer - Hasnan
  • Underwater Scene Cameraman - Zamros Din
  • Assistant - Mior Azlan Adnan
  • Off-Line Editor - Khairul Affendy Zami
  • Credit Titles - I-Yann Rahime
  • Composer - Embie C. Noer
  • Post Audio Producer - Chitra Anomsari
  • Re-recording Mixer - Satrio Budiono
  • Supervising Sound Editor - Adityawan Susanto
  • Sound Editor - Kahar
  • Sound Effects Editor - Armanda Ahmad
  • Foley Artist/Editor - Rahmat
  • Post Audio Production Facility FourMix - Audio Post, Jakarta
  • Telecine - Mikros Image, France

Keywords:

  • Relationships: Husband/Wife
  • Places: kampong, Malay Village, Malaysia
  • Themes: Religious, Malay Culture, Village, Beat Generation, Infidelity

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