Synopsis
The film Abang narrative about the main character, Fuad Din, who been missing for 10 years without any single word. One day, a telegram has send to his father and said that Fuad Din is coming back home soon. Fuad’s family has different expression and feelings when they heard about his returns. When Fuad is back, he keep avoiding from telling his family about the reasons he left home for such a long period. He faced conflicts with his family. With that, his brothers, Faizal and Farid, and his ex-fiancée who are now his sister-in-law, Mona, have a lot of resentment and incomprehension of his missing. And yet, Fuad tries to make things right and help to bring his brothers to the right path, do the charity and so on. In fact, Fuad’s missing to abroad to seek the medical treatment of his disease of leukemia. His family only gets to know it when Fuad’s personal doctor go to his father’s house to find him and telling them the truth. His family went to see him but Fuad was passed away when they arrival. The reason of Fuad back home is because he miss he beloved family and homeland. (Retro Evergreen, 2011)
Review
What I like about the film is the storyline of the film and the character. The storyline of the film is very realistic and also very touching. Fuad tries using the time he left to do some meaningful thing such as donation, and charity. The characters action can bring the audience into the film. The character Fuad, showing his role as the elder brother to his younger siblings by helping them to do the right thing. Even though his brothers are misunderstood him, and didn’t happy with him when he is back to home and control thing, he will tell them not to forget their role in their career and in religious.
What I dislike about the film is the editing of the film. There have a scene that where Fuad went to visit Mona to beg for her forgiveness. When Fuad and Mona were arguing, and Faizal back to home. Then the editing problem occurred. The scene then was inserting by another scene and the mistake was happened several times in that scene. There is also another sudden cut off shot appear in the film where Fuad was back to home and everyone in his family giving him a hug and regards, and when his younger sister run to him, then the scene then been cut off to black.
The part of the film I like is where Fuad when back to the village and enjoy the village lifestyle there. Fuad was swim in the river, climbing the coconut tree, playing games with the kids and even ride bicycle and fall into the paddy. All those activities that Fuad does were something that he go through when he was young and stay in the village. Even though Fuad was been in abroad for 10 years, he still can get into the village lifestyle. In that scene, we can see that Fuad is very enjoy during that time and also show that he is the person who really love to his homeland. He doesn’t feel awkward to what he has done.
We can found out the culture hybridity, language hybridity in this film throughout the costume, language, and setting of the film. Fuad and his family are educated and they speak mixture language of both Malay and English. They were born into a rich family where they stayed in the village and then moved to the modern Malay family. From the way the act and also the way they wear are more to the western style. They seldom wear the traditional Malay costume especially Fuad. Fuad are wearing modern western costume with trouser and shirt throughout the film, only during the praying in mosque, and then only Fuad wear the traditional Malay costume. The house Fuad and his family live in also no longer the Malay traditional house. They live in a western, modern and fashion house with crystal lamp in the house.
In the language hybridity, the mixture language of Malay and English are often speak out by the character in the film. Example, come on, the word “awak” or “saya” been replaced by “I” and “you”, ans also the other English sentences can be listened during the conversation in the film.
In conclusion, the film is successfully brings out the culture hybridity and language hybridity. The film is very realistic and touched. And it is also remind us to remember our own root and identity, not to forget what will belongs to no matter how the society getting modernize.
Reference
Retro Evergreen. (08/03/2011). Filem Melayu: Abang (1981), Sinopsis. Retrieved 27 November 2011, from http://retroevergreen.com/filem/filem-melayu/abang-1981
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