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Rating: 5.9/10 by 28 users

Tiger Stripes (2023)

Twelve year old Zaffan lives in a small rural community in Malaysia. In full puberty, she realizes that her body is changing at an alarming rate. Her friends turn away from her when a mass hysteria hits the school. Fear spreads and a doctor intervenes to chase away the demon that haunts the girls. Like a tiger harassed and dislodged from its habitat, Zaffan decides to reveal its true nature, its fury, its rage and its beauty.

Directing:
  • Amanda Nell Eu
  • Lim Khai Sim
Writing:
  • Amanda Nell Eu
Stars:
Release Date: Thu, Oct 19, 2023

Rating: 5.9/10 by 28 users

Alternative Title:
虎斑 - CN
虎紋少女 - TW
Belang Harimau - MY
호랑이 소녀 - KR

Country:
France
Germany
Indonesia
Malaysia
Netherlands
Singapore
Taiwan
Language:
Bahasa melayu
Runtime: 01 hour 35 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0

Plot Keyword: puberty, hysteria, middle school, rural
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"Zaffan" (Zafreen Zairizal) is a young girl merrily enjoying her childhood until her body decides it's time to grow up - and so she awakens horrified and bloody. Her mother reassures her and off she goes to school - only to find that her friend, the prefect "Farah" (Deena Ezral) is rather disgusted by her new found maturity. It isn't long before "Zaffan" is being ostracised by her classmates and no matter how hard she tries, she cannot re-engage with her pals. The frustration this causes starts to manifest itself in dreams, then in more than those - in physical changes that seem to be rendering her more animal than human - as epitomised by her new favourite snacks! In a rural Malaysian community that is not without it's superstition, her shunning becomes more complete - but what can she do? Can the enigmatic "Dr. Rahim" (Shaheizy Sam) help out with his internet-friendly method and speciality products? The production standards aren't the best, but there's an engaging effort the young and enthusiastic Zairizal as she learns to shin up trees in record time and manage to work well enough with the very limited visual effects. It's not without some humour - especially at the end, and that helps it move along quickly with just enough emphasis on a subject rarely touched upon by cinema anywhere. It'll be fine on the television, and it is worth ninety minutes.


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