“Hunter”: When Enthusiasm and AI Aren’t Enough for a Coherent Story
The Brazilian filmmaker Alexandre Alonso’s Hunter is a film with a lot of ideas, but with very little holding those ideas together.
Syurga Di Hujung Jalan
The story follows Zaliya, a brilliant student at school, but due to choosing the wrong friends, her life changes. She is arrested by police for following her friend, Marini, who sells drugs without Zaliya's knowledge. Unfortunately for Zaliya, not only is she forced to stay in a moral rehabilitation school, but she is also abandoned by Salmah, her own mother, who is ashamed of Zaliya's actions. Her life is also burdened by the prejudiced views of the surrounding society who constantly speak ill of her. After leaving the moral rehabilitation school, Zaliya uses the sewing skills she has learned to start a tailoring business in the village. Then appears Hadif, the son of Haji Ramli, who falls in love with Zaliya's sincerity. Hadif proposes to Zaliya and without Zaliya's consent, his mother has accepted the proposal. However, the scheming behind Haji Ramli's eagerness to have Zaliya as a daughter-in-law turns out to be false. Will Zaliya be able to overcome all the trials in her life?
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The story follows Zaliya, a brilliant student at school, but due to choosing the wrong friends, her life changes. She is arrested by police for following her friend, Marini, who sells drugs without Zaliya's knowledge. Unfortunately for Zaliya, not only is she forced to stay in a moral rehabilitation school, but she is also abandoned by Salmah, her own mother, who is ashamed of Zaliya's actions. Her life is also burdened by the prejudiced views of the surrounding society who constantly speak ill of her. After leaving the moral rehabilitation school, Zaliya uses the sewing skills she has learned to start a tailoring business in the village. Then appears Hadif, the son of Haji Ramli, who falls in love with Zaliya's sincerity. Hadif proposes to Zaliya and without Zaliya's consent, his mother has accepted the proposal. However, the scheming behind Haji Ramli's eagerness to have Zaliya as a daughter-in-law turns out to be false. Will Zaliya be able to overcome all the trials in her life?
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