The story

19-year old Ah Loong is in charge of a stall selling pirated VCDs. Contrary to the stereotype of his social standing, Ah Loong, starring Ng Choo Seong, is an incurable romantic with an unlikely hobby - he loves to read and write poetry. Quite content to carry on being the Romeo of the slums, Ah Loong's life takes a sudden turn one day when a Malay schoolgirl, Orked, arrives at his stall. Love blossoms between Orked and Ah Loong, although there are social and racial pressures that stand in their way. In the end, Ah Loong is involved in a motor vehicle accident while Orked is going to England to pursue her studies. It is not clear if he lived or died until the sequel, Gubra.

A sequel to Sepet, called Gubra, was also filmed in Ipoh, Malaysia and released in 2006. Gubra is Yasmin Ahmad's third film, after Rabun (2003), and of course, Sepet (2004).

A prequel to both Sepet and Gubra, entitled Mukhsin will be released in Asian screens soon and has already made its way to the Tokyo Film Festival where it was nominated for Best Asian Film.

Awards

Sepet had been on a winning streak. The film won the Best Asian Film Award at the 18th Tokyo International Film Festival in October 2005. It had previously won five other best film awards at the Ninth Malaysian Video Awards, the 27th Creteil International Women Directors Festival in France, the 18th Malaysian Film Festival, the Global Chinese Golden Arts Awards, and the Anugerah Era 2005.

At the 18th Malaysian Film Festival (2005), Sepet won six awards, namely the Best Film, Best Original Screenplay (Yasmin Ahmad), Best Poster, Best Supporting Actress (Ida Nerina), Most Promising Actor (Choo Seong Ng), and Most Promising Actress (Sharifah Amani).

The Production

Directed by

• Yasmin Ahmad

Writing credits

• Yasmin Ahmad

Cast

• Ng Choo Seong - Ah Loong
• Sharifah Amani - Orked
• Linus Chung - Keong
• Mei Ling Tan - Mah (Ah Loong's mother)
• Harith Iskandar - Abah (Orked's father)
• Ida Nerina - Mak (Orked's mother)
• Adibah Nor - Kak Yam (Orked's maid)
• Kar Hoong Thor - Pah (Ah Loong's father)
• Edmund Tan - VCD Seller

Produced by

• Executive Producer - Rosnah Kassim
• Producer - Elyna Shukri

Cinematography by

• Low Keong

Film Editing by

• Affandi Jamaludin

Art Direction by

• Odeng
• Ujang

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepet