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Stone Turtle Unclassified 18+

Language: Indonesian, Malay, Mandarin with English subtitles

The supernatural encroaches on a woman’s simple existence in this FIPRESCI Prize–winning tale of folklore, deception and retribution.

Zahara is a refugee who now calls an isolated Malaysian island home. She makes a living selling turtle eggs and looks after her 10-year-old niece, whose mother was slain as part of an honour-killing ceremony. When their unexceptional life is interrupted by a mysterious stranger who claims he’s doing research on the area’s ecosystem, a mystical loop of violence and deceit ensues.

Regarded as the director’s long-awaited return to arthouse, this engrossing tale from Woo Ming Jin (Girl in the Water, MIFF 2012) is the first Malay-language feature to screen in competition at Locarno. Stone Turtle defies expectations from its opening scene, and boasts striking cinematography and attention-grabbing performances from Asmara Abigail and Bront Palarae. Meanwhile, hand-drawn animation by Studio Ghibli alum Paul Williams illustrates the island’s myth of a stone turtle, whose various interpretations mirror the film itself: there are many ways to tell and retell a story.

“A ferocious combination of layered social drama and cutthroat psychological horror … Daring and provocative.” – International Cinephile Society

Tickets

Tue 08 Aug 1:45 pm [14230]
Stone Turtle (91 mins)
ACMI 2
Assistive ListeningWheelchair Access100% Subtitles Hearing Loop
Past event
Sun 20 Aug 4:30 pm [14881]
Stone Turtle (91 mins)
ACMI 2
Assistive ListeningWheelchair Access100% Subtitles Hearing Loop
Past event
Stream from
18-27 Aug
[40084]
Stone Turtle (91 mins)
MIFF Play (Streaming)
100% Subtitles
Past event

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Key Cast
Alison Khor, Amerul Affendi, Asmara Abigail, Bront Palarae, Maisyarah Mazlan
Director
Woo Ming Jin
Producers
Edmund Yeo, Woo Ming Jin
Screenwriters
Deo Mahameru, Neesa Jamal, Woo Ming Jin
Cinematographer
Kong Pahurak
Composer
Chapavich Temnitikul
Editor
Edmund Yeo
Premiere Status
Australian Premiere

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