ASEAN Film Festival: Eraser (MALAYSIA) (FREE ENTRANCE)

The Bioscope is proud to host a special film festival in collaboration with the diplomatic missions of Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

Tickets are made FREE courtesy of the missions, with complimentary popcorn and a soft drink upon arrival. (for first 25 guests).

PLEASE NOTE: If you have booked and won’t be attending, please email us on [email protected] so that your seats can be given to others.

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ERASER

Directed by: Mark Lee See Teck. Drama. Dur: 1hr 42mins.

The Journey of how a ruined family survives the broken pieces from the love of a family with different cultural beliefs. As love witnesses no gender, race and religion but respect and humanity actions between individuals. It is a starry night as the silhouettes of two females can be seen escaping from a house of a Colonial designed house. They are mother, Ah Yoke, 48 holding on an old suitcase while the other hand grasps onto her daughter, XIAO LI’S, 15. Scars and bruises surface from Ah Yoke’s arms and face.

Both of them wander directionless along the village road, then an old truck pulls in front of them and a gentleman, AHMAD, 58, a tombstone maker exits the vehicle. It is clear to AHMAD that AH YOKE is escaping from the devilish hands of her abusive husband. Without hesitation, he helps both of them into his vehicle and drives home. AHMAD introduces his wife, KHATIJAH, 53, and son, AZMAN, 15, to both of them. The family offers them a shelter, to ease their miserable state for as long as they want. Soon, the short bonding of both families of various beliefs gradually strengthens into a strong relationship.  

After enrolling into the same school and the support Azman offers XIAO LI, their friendship begins to flourish into a simple love story. AH YOKE soon finds out and harshly disagrees to it, despite things AHMAD’s family has been providing for them. The situation complicates further as KHATIJAH is diagnosed with final stage cancer. Seeing such conflicts between the interracial relationships, KHATIJAH insists on her deathbed that both Azman and XIAO LI begins a journey in designing and crafting her tombstone. The fate of their love story, dramatic clashes of conflicts between each characters are resolved by the most fundamental elements of all, ‘Love’.

This film depicts perfectly to the concept of unconditional love, mutual respect and patriotism towards our beloved country through a simple tool- Malaysia flag eraser. If friction persists between races, the country will gradually diminish.