Dukun
New York Asian Film Festival 2018
June 29 - July 15, 2018
Blending horror tropes into a bizarre courtroom drama, Dain Said’s lost first film is a fascinating meditation on female sexuality, avarice, and corrupted morality that was shelved for over a decade due to its controversial nature.
Shelved for over a decade due to its controversial nature, Dukun details the case of Diana, a nightclub singer turned shaman suspected of murdering a politician who was seeking immortality in his own ritual sacrifice. Straitlaced lawyer Karim’s desperate search for his missing teenage daughter entangles him into defending the mysterious and seductive Diana. Blending horror tropes into a bizarre courtroom drama, in which belief is put on trial, Dain Said’s lost first film is a fascinating meditation on female sexuality, avarice, and corrupted morality that also reflects on current social mores in Malaysia. Presented here in its uncut version. International Premiere
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