Muallaf

At the start of the film, the different path of the two main characters, which is Rohani and Brian intersected at the end of their opening scenes. Right after that, both of them merged path towards the convent school. It is saying something. In that scene, Rohani is reminiscing to her sister about their late mother and how both of them are missing her. While Brian is shown to argue over the phone also with his mothe…

One of the most apparent things about Yasmin Ahmad's way of directing is her poetry about the subject she wants to say. In other terms, cinematically you show things, you do not tell. Like how Edward Hopper says about his paintings, “If you could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint.” Cinema to me is a moving painting. And this film entitled Muallaf, which means a convert, starts with a shot of a dark…