Bagan
Frankie lives at home with his grandma while his peers go off to school.When a Government notice arrives one day announcing land reform of his village, Frankie is unable to read it.Too proud to ask his best friend Gamat for help, he spirals into rage and later, regret.
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Frankie lives at home with his grandma while his peers go off to school. When a Government notice arrives one day announcing land reform of his village, Frankie is unable to read it. Too proud to ask his best friend Gamat for help, he spirals into rage and later, regret. Bagan tells the story of the final days of a dying village, told through the eyes of a pair of adolescents; when innocence clashes with the harsh reality of growing up and moving on.
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- Release date
- Nov 20, 2020
- Runtime
- 0h 25m
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- Language
- Malay
- Country
- Malaysia
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