The Beautiful Washing Machine
2004 · Movie · 118 min. · Malaysia
When young Teoh is dumped by his live-in girlfriend, she takes most of her possessions including the washing machine, leaving him unable to cope with life and the laundry. He buys a second-hand one that turns out to have more temperament than any warranty deal ever warned you about. Into this cycle comes a middle-aged widower Mr.Wong with a manga-mask fetish, a few pirated-VCD gangsters, plus the consequences of love and abandonment in the fast-changing city of Kuala Lumpur. Pretty soon the eponymous appliance starts to seem like the most sane creature in this gleefully off-kilter dark comedy about more than one type of dirty linen.
Direction James Lee
Cast Loh Bok Lai · Patrick Teoh · Amy Len · Berg Lee · Yap Kok Chong · Chin Lee Ling · Yuhang Ho · Tang Hui Ching · Tan Eng Heng · Goh You Ping · Tioh Bee Yong · Khee Mei Chyn · Leng Poh Gee · Koh Choon Eiow · Kiew Suet Kim · Douglas Wong · Danny Lim · Ian Yeoh · Lim Wei Wei · Lim Ming How · Len Siew Mee
Soundtrack Berg Lee
Screenplay James Lee
Cinematography Gay Hian Teoh
Original title Mei li de xi yi ji (The Beautiful Washing Machine)
6.3
55 votes (FilmAffinity)
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