Zikri and Dhia have been close friends since their school days. Their closeness upsets Zikri's family because Dhia comes from a poor background. Zikri's family moves to Kuala Lumpur with the intention of separating them. Zikri later marries Emilia. Their life is happy but after Emilia's miscarriage, she can no longer conceive. Because of this, Emilia wants Zikri to marry her best friend, Dhia to have their child through surrogacy. Dhia agrees because she has always loved Zikri. Although Zikri is her legal husband, their relationship remains only as good friends. However, Emilia cannot control her feelings of jealousy and acts beyond the bounds of reason.
Tran Quoc Bao succeeds in telling us a story about martial arts, human decay, and friendship. The originality shown by his filmmaking is admirable and brings fresh air to the classic Chinese martial arts genre.
A gentle coming of age story, Water Lilies takes its time in exploring what it’s like to be a young girl trying to make sense of her sexuality in a heteronormative world.
A few episodes in, I realized the most prominent theme of In The Long Run wasn't culture, race or even finding independence--but the idea of belonging.
Based on the best-selling novel by Angie Thomas and a maxim of the late Tupac Shakur.
If Top Gun needed to say it, Top Gun: Maverick makes you feel the need... the need for speed.
