Underplayed Gems

Sell Out! (2008)

Sell Out! poster
Directed by
Yeo Joon Han
Genre
comedy film, musical film
Country
Malaysia
Runtime
1h 46m
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This Malaysian musical comedy pokes fun at local bureaucrats, business leaders, artists, and the media. It follows a cast of characters whose ambitions collide in ridiculous ways.

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What happens

Sell Out! is a 2008 comedy film set in Malaysia which premiered at the 65th Venice International Film Festival where it also won the Young Cinema Award for Alternative Vision. It was written, edited and directed by Yeo Joon Han who is a graduate of the London Film Academy. Described as Malaysia’s first 'Manglish' (Malaysian-English) musical comedy, it points fingers at various institutions and people in the country, from bureaucrats and CEOs to artists and the media. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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