The Garden of Evening Mists (filem)
| The Garden of Evening Mists | |
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| Pengarah | Tom Lin Shu-yu |
| Lakon layar | Richard Smith |
| Berdasarkan | The Garden of Evening Mists Novel by Tan Twan Eng |
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Syarikat penerbitan | |
| Diedarkan oleh | Astro Shaw (Malaysia) HBO Asia (United States) |
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Masa tayangan | 120 minit |
| Negara | Malaysia |
| Bahasa | Inggeris (ada juga dialog bahasa-bahasa Jepun, Melayu dan Kantonis) |
The Garden of Evening Mists (Cina: 夕霧花園) adalah sebuah filem drama sejarah Malaysia berbahasa Inggeris tahun 2019 yang diadaptasikan dari novel berjudul sama karya Tan Twan Eng.
Jalan cerita[sunting | sunting sumber]
A woman seeking a quiet life in post-World War II British Malaya finds love and a common interest in gardening with a mysterious Japanese man.
Teoh Yun Ling who, embittered from atrocities of World War II in Malaya, seeks solace in the rolling hills of Cameron Highlands. There, in her quest to build a garden in homage of her late sister, she embarks on a forbidden love affair with the mysterious gardener, Nakamura Aritomo.
A survivor of a brutal Japanese internment camp, Teoh Yun Ling has been working with the Malaysian authorities punish the Japanese war criminals for several years. She despises the Japanese for killing her younger sister, but to pay tribute to her soul she travels to the highlands to visit the renowned gardener Nakamura Aritomo. Aritomo refuses to work for Yun Ling but instead takes her in as an apprentice so that she can build her own garden. Residing in the tea room, Yun Ling begins working at The Garden of Evening Mists and learns to design a garden. Yet outside of the Malaysian jungle, another war is waging in Malaysia in a continued state of emergency. Malay nationalists are fighting the British for independence, while communist guerillas are brutally killing farmers, miners, and their families in every way they can to gain control over the regions.
A Malaysian woman haunted by wartime atrocities, the death of her sister and a complicated relationship with a possible Japanese spy
Barisan pelakon[sunting | sunting sumber]
- Sylvia Chang sebagai Teoh Yun Ling
- Angelica Lee sebagai Teoh Yun Ling muda
- Hiroshi Abe sebagai Nakamura Aritomo
- Julian Sands sebagai Frederik Gemmell
- David Oakes sebagai Frederik Gemmel] muda
- John Hannah sebagai Magnus Gemmell
- Serene Lim sebagai Teoh Yun Hong
- Tan Kheng Hua sebagai Emily
- Wan Hanafi Su sebagai Jaafar Hamid
Penerimaan[sunting | sunting sumber]
Elizabeth Kerr yang menulis untuk The Hollywood Reporter menyebut banyak metafora dan adegan yang mencerahkan dan sensual dibuang bersama dengan naungan moral dari banyak karakter utama.[1]
Rujukan[sunting | sunting sumber]
- ^ Kerr, Elizabeth (14 Oktober 2019). "'The Garden of Evening Mists': Film Review — Busan 2019". The Hollywood Reporter. Dicapai pada 21 November 2019.