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Motif

Motif focuses on a police investigation and its most obvious innovation is the female perspective that the director imposes. Protagonist Dewi (Sharifah Amani) is a police officer who is sent from the capital of Kuala Lumpur to a provincial area, Tanah Merah (lit. “Red Earth”), to investigate the disappearance of the young daughter of the local community’s richest family. From the beginning, her arrival is greeted with distrust by her male colleagues, who are doubly annoyed by the fact of having an outsider who is also a woman intrude in the community.

Top Cast

  • Sharifah Amani

    Sharifah Amani

    Dewi

  • Rosyam Nor

    Rosyam Nor

    Hussein

  • Iedil Putra

    Iedil Putra

    Faisal

  • Taqim Zaki

    Taqim Zaki

    Inspector Rizal

  • Redza Minhat

    Redza Minhat

    Ilham (voice)

  • Azhan Rani

    Azhan Rani

    Kamal

  • Sherie Merlis

    Sherie Merlis

    Suri

  • Fadhli Masoot

    Fadhli Masoot

    Azlan

  • Nadia Aqilah

    Nadia Aqilah

    Lena (voice)

Overview

Motif focuses on a police investigation and its most obvious innovation is the female perspective that the director imposes. Protagonist Dewi (Sharifah Amani) is a police officer who is sent from the capital of Kuala Lumpur to a provincial area, Tanah Merah (lit. “Red Earth”), to investigate the disappearance of the young daughter of the local community’s richest family. From the beginning, her arrival is greeted with distrust by her male colleagues, who are doubly annoyed by the fact of having an outsider who is also a woman intrude in the community.

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