![]() ![]() Melati experiences acts of brutal cruelty and everyday heroism-her best friend is taken away by an execution squad, new acquaintances risk their lives to offer her aid. ![]() The riots break out while she’s at the movies one afternoon, and Melati is saved and sheltered by a compassionate Chinese family, but she constantly imagines the worst for her mother while waiting for the chance to return home. Melati Ahmad sees her OCDĪs a tragedy-invoking djinn that can onlyīe appeased through counting and tapping rituals if she doesn’t complete them, Melati fears, her mother will die a terrible death. In this intense historical drama set against the May 1969 race riots in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, a 16-year-old Malay who suffers from severe OCD fights for survival while searching for her mother. ![]()
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