Karaoke
Malaysia
2009
75 Min
Color
Malay
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Betik’s family is settled in a Malaysian village where they plant oil palm. During the day, he shoots videos to karaoke to and at night, he helps his mother work the karaoke box. There he falls in love with Anisah. Work, love, family … all goes well for him. But nothing is innocent in life. Everyone wants something. Subtle manipulation and personal interests appear. —Quinzaine des Réalisateurs
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eric
14Jun11
In Karoake, the lure and escape karoake has on a small village set near artificial palm groves harvested for palm oil is at the film's center in a narrative about Betik a young man who has returned from Kuala Lumpur to help family's karoke bar. As in "Plato's Cave", Betik and the villagers are seduced by the manufactured images in karaoke videos while their backs are turned away from deforestation for palm oil.
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Vancouver 09: KARAOKE Review
By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
[Our thanks to Teresa Nieman for the following review.]Karaoke, the first feature-length film from director Chris Chong has enjoyed quite a bit of festival buzz for such a small movie. It screened at Cannes
Vancouver 09: KARAOKE Review
By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
[Our thanks to Teresa Nieman for the following review.]Karaoke, the first feature-length film from director Chris Chong has enjoyed quite a bit of festival buzz for such a small movie. It screened at Cannes
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