14th New York Asian Film Festival

Jun 26 - Jul 11, 2015

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International Premiere

Banglasia

猛加拉殺手

From director Namewee, the madman behind previous festival fave, Nasi Lemak 2.0, comes this wild contemporary western full of musical numbers and humor so slap-happy it’ll set your head to spinning. It begins as the story of a poor Bangladeshi worker in Malaysia who wants to go home so his girl doesn’t marry another man, but when he goes to his scumbag boss to ask for his passport back complications too complicated to recount without getting complicated occur, and it becomes a manic movie about modern-day Malaysia full of shootouts, nationalist rabble-rousers, anti-immigration fearmongers, riots, invasions, and more jokes, gags, and visual non-sequiturs than are strictly legal. Switching from game show, to action movie, to western, to romance, with dialogue in Hokkien, English, Mandarin, and gibberish, this is a take-no-prisoner comedy so sarcastic that the Malaysian government banned it outright. We’re proud to screen it as a raised middle finger to stuffy, soulless, bureaucratic prigs everywhere, from Malaysia to America.

Director: Namewee
Cast: Atikah Suhaime, Namewee, Saiful Apek, Nirab Hossain
Languages: Malay, English, Mandarin, and Hokkien with English subtitles
2015; 91 min.; DCP

SCHEDULE:

Friday July 10, 8:00pm
SVA Theatre

Director Namewee will attend the screening.

Namewee
黃明志

Namewee is a multi-talented film director, singer-songwriter and entertainer from Muar, Malaysia. A YouTube star since 2007, his videos have reached millions and he's become known as the voice of his generation. His debut film, Nasi Lemak 2.0 (selection of NYAFF 2013), became a runaway hit in Malaysia, breaking the local box-office record. He continued to find success in his social-comedy genre with Hantu Gangster (2013) and Kara King (2014). His latest, Banglasia (2014), was banned in Malaysia for being too political, and we're proud to screen it.