Film Review- Perempuan, Isteri, Dan...

We were assigned to create a YouTube channel so we can post our review every week after watching certain films showed by Ms Ezzati in the class. We were told to share our opinion through the video after watching the films on any topic.

This is the first film review- Perempuan, Isteri, Dan...

It is a 1993 movie directed and written by U-Wei Haji Shaari. The name of this film should be Perempuan, Isteri, Dan Jalang which gives the meaning of Woman, Wife, And Whore. However as we all know the rules and censorship in Malaysia on certain words which then created this name. 

This story centers around a woman who is supposed to marry another man whose she has no idea about. On the day of their wedding, she runs away which then her so-called husband finds himself humiliated. So, he kills the woman's real husband and sells her to a pimp to work as a prostitute for 6 months. After 6 months, he buys her from the pimp. She tricks on him so he can marry her and follow him back to his hometown as his valid wife. She brainwashes the women in the rural area to live their own life, seduce the men and creates a series of problem in the village. 

From this film, we can see a huge gap of power between men and women in the past. Why was woman always being controlled and man is dominant? We can see how the director shows this issue through story telling. However, I think the director should be commended for producing this kind of movie in those oldies day where majority was under a close-minded society yet and also the great performance from the main male character, Nasir Bilal Khan. 

It is a good film to be seen today.