Girl in the water

After failed passage to safe lands, a young Thai refugee is washed up on the shores of Malaysia and dragged into a life of abuse and exploitation. Traumatised by the loss of her family during the escape, she hallucinates of having a baby. Ill-fated even in her delusion, she decides to face death herself.

  • Director: Jeppe Rønde, Ming Jin Woo
  • Runtime: 19m48s
  • Genre: Drama
  • Rating: PG13
  • Availability: library@esplanade, Lee Kong Chian Reference Library
  • Accession No: 2017-D-1000172
  • Subtitles: English
  • Release Year: 2011
  • Producer: Edmund Yeo, Tine Fisher, Patricia Drati Rønde
  • Language: Malay, Thai
  • Production Country: Denmark, Malaysia

Cast List:

  • Sajee Apiwong
  • Mohd. Noor Hafisham Bin Zulkifli
  • Puteri Nur Nabia
  • Nasha Sarifah Binti M. Sayirul Ikhwan
  • Ong Kok Liang
  • Gan Hui Yee
  • Nur Faresya Binti Zulkifli
  • Srifujinati Binti Zubaidi
  • Sorada Vanikkul
  • Pok Li
  • Kah Mah
  • M. Ezwan Iskandar Bin Abdullah
  • Yaya Nur Ardina Alisya
  • Nor Aishah
  • Foo Fel Ling

Crew:

  • Director of Photography - Wan Chun Hung
  • Additional Photography - Lesly Leon Lee
  • Focus Puller - Kenny Chua
  • Line Producer - Foo Fei Ling
  •  Production Manager - Gan Hui Yee
  • Production Manager - Ditte Odgaard
  • Runner - Haikal Bin Abdullah
  • Post Production - Bacon X
  • Colorist - Daniel de Vue
  • Colorist - Sofie Borup
  • Sound Design - Rune Palving
  • Sound Design Assistant - Adrian Aurellius
  • Sound Design Assistant - Kannan Thiagaragan

Keywords:

  • Emotions – Resignation, Mourning, Trauma
  • Country - Malaysia, Thailand
  • Places - Kampong, Swamp, the Sea
  • People - Boat Refugees
  • Relationship – Local/Refugee, Boss/Employee, Mother/Child
  • Transportation – Boat
  • Themes – Child loss, Death, Exploitation, Suicide, Shipwrecking 

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