‘La Luna’ Director on Making a ‘Sex Comedy,’ Censorship and Resurgence of Malaysian Cinema: ‘It Feels Like a Truly Great Time to Be Making Films in Malaysia’
Closing this year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam, M. Raihan Halim’s “La Luna” pushes the boundaries of Malay-language comedy by chronicling the changes brought by the opening of a lingerie shop in a conservative rural community in Malaysia. Titled after the eponymous shop, the film follows a rebellious woman who opens the lingerie parlour not only […]