"Some Dreams are Worth Fighting For"
Yasmine, a high school student from Brunei, fed up with studying and her strict father, decides to learn silat, a martial art practiced in Southeast Asia, after a boy displays his own knowledge of silat in order to impress her.
Liyana Yus
Yasmine
Reza Rahadian
Fahri / Yasmine's Father
Roy Sungkono
Ali
Nadiah Wahid
Nadia
Agus Kuncoro
Jamal
Dwi Sasono
Tong Lung
Carmen Soo
Yasmine's Mother
Arifin Putra
Halim
Mentari De Marelle
Dewi
Yasmine, a high school student from Brunei, fed up with studying and her strict father, decides to learn silat, a martial art practiced in Southeast Asia, after a boy displays his own knowledge of silat in order to impress her.
Clichés aplenty, though 'Yasmine' is a good film. The run time could've been shaved a bit and the characters could've been written better, but taking everything into account I'd say this is a positive 2014 release from Brunei; reportedly the first ever commercial feature film from the Southeast Asian country. The cast aren't anything overly noteworthy, though Liyana Yus makes for a good enough lead; her (titular) character is a little hit-and-miss in terms of how she acts, though that's on the filmmakers rather than Liyana. The rest of the cast, spearheaded by Reza Rahadian, are solid. Nothing perfect, naturally, but I enjoyed watching it.
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