WASHHH
Genre
Narrative
Running time
23 minutes
Year
2024
Language
Malay, English and Chinese
Subtitle
English and Arabic
Country
Malaysia and Ireland
Director
Mickey Lai
Bio
Producer
Lim Shu Jia
Cast
Li Xuan Siow, Esha Anum, Kaana Selvam, Farah Ahmad
Scriptwriter
Mickey Lai
SHOWTIME
Mon
09.
Dec
Culture Square - Cinema 3
9:30 PM - 11:10 PM
Price: 40 SAR
Tue
10.
Dec
Culture Square - Cinema 2
1:30 PM - 3:10 PM
Price: 40 SAR
Young girls in Malaysia National Service Camp are commanded to get up in the middle of the night to wash out used sanitary pads from the disposal bins in the communal bathroom. Their commander is a born bully, the task pointless and humiliating; under pressure, the different racial groups in the class start to blame each other for their punishment. Filmed in evocative black and white, with a poignant performance by Li Xian Siow as the class captain, Lai’s film shows the corrosive effects of cruelty.
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