Bidasari (1965)

Directed by

Jamil Sulong

Genre

action, drama

Country

Malaysia, Singapore

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

U

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A man and a woman fall in love while speaking to each other entirely in rhyming poetry. Their story is based on a classic Malay poem that resembles a version of Snow White.

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What happens

Bidasari is a 1965 Singaporean Malay-language black-and-white romantic drama film starring Jins Shamsuddin and Sarimah. The film is notable for having dialogue that is written almost completely as rhyming poetry. The story is based on Syair Bidasari, a very popular romantic Malay poem during 18th and 19th century in the Malay world believed to be written as early as 1750. The poem, based on the Kembayat Negara annals and mentioned by Dr. J. Leyden in 1807 as Hikaiat Bida Sari (Bidasari Annals), has some similarities with the western fairy-tale of Snow White published by The Brothers Grimm in their fairy-tale compilation in 1812. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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