| Muallaf | |
| Director: | Yasmin Ahmad |
| Producer: | Rosnah Kassim |
| Starring: | Brian Yap Sharifah Amani Yeo Yann Yann Sharifah Aleysha |
| Distributor: | MHZ Film Sdn. Bhd. (Malaysia) The Picturehouse (Singapore) |
| Country: | Malaysia |
| Language: | English Malay Cantonese |
| Budget: | MYR 1.3 million |
| Gross: | MYR 190,000 |
Muallaf (English: The Convert) is a 2008 Malaysian Malay-language drama film directed by Yasmin Ahmad. It tells a tale of three souls finding solace in religion. This is Yasmin Ahmad's fifth film after Rabun, Sepet, Gubra and Mukhsin.[1]
| Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Yap | Brian Goh | History teacher at Rohana's school | |
| Sharifah Amani | Rohani | Rohana's elder sister, 20/21 y/o | |
| Sharifah Aleysha | Rohana | Rohani's younger sister, 14 y/o | |
| Rahim Razali | Datuk | Rohani and Rohana's abusive father | |
| Ning Baizura | Datin | Rohani and Rohana's stepmother | |
| Tony Savarimuthu | Bro. Anthony | Catholic priest and Principal of Rohana's school | |
| Hazel Fernandez | Mrs Siva | Rohana's Arts teacher | |
| Yeo Yann Yann | Cindy | Rohani's colleague at Sid's Tavern Pub & Cafe | |
| Tan Mei Ling | Mrs Goh | Brian's mother | |
| Ho Yuhang | Datuk's private investigator | ||
| Haris Zakaria | Little Brian | ||
| Shana Shafiza Muzaffar Shah | Mei Ling | Coma girl |
Footnote:
As Yasmin's previous films, Muallaf opened with the usual Islamic verse "In the name of God, the most Gracious and most Merciful" (Bismillahirahmanirrahim). What set Muallaf apart from her previous works was that the verse was displayed in Chinese in this movie, i.e. "奉大仁大慈真主的尊名" (Pinyin: fèng dà rén dà cí Zhēn Zhǔ de zūn míng). It was understood that the verse would be displayed in Tamil in her next film, Talentime.
As Yasmin's second feature film, Sepet, Muallaf was first screened in Singapore instead of Malaysia, where it was shot. The film ran for 4 weeks in Singapore from 27 November to 24 December 2008, recording turnouts more than that of Sepet. Muallaf was first denied screening in Malaysian cinemas due to the Malaysian censorship authorities request of key scenes to be cut, thus rendering the story meaningless. However, 1 year later, Muallaf finally opened in Malaysia nationwide on 24/12/09 with a few dialogues muted.
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