Songlap

another movie i watched, and which i enjoyed a lot. this is a Malay movie, a Malaysian production movie. all the actors and actresses are Malaysians. *i know i keep repeating the word Malaysian, but i just can't help it*

the two brothers

so, this whole movie is about two young men who were stuck in a life that they can't undo. due to the mistakes of their mother, who happens to be a prostitute, who was ambitious at first to take care of her i'm-sorry-you-are-a-mistake son, and after a while decided taking care of a son at such young age is troublesome, started hitting him and a few years later ended up with another son, just like before. she somehow left them, or they left her, coz these two boys lived on their own, living a pretty s*itty life.

they are involved in human trafficking, which involved newborn babies. so, this whole business is kindda good, but still illegal. they help young girls who got pregnant accidentally by providing them food, shelter and medication. but once the child is born, the child is sold to parents who cannot conceive, or having problems with having a baby. they fake the birth certs, and the baby lives happily ever after. but what happens to the momma? the momma soon becomes a prostitute. well, she has no choice, there are people who will put her in some places and before she knows it, she's already receiving payments day and night.

who'd knew this would be
the last night he was alive?

one of the best scenes in the movie is acted by the younger brother, who should be around the age of 17. he has a dear friend whom he hangs out with all the time, and this friend ran away from his home and do drugs coz he's life is so messed up. so, that one night, i think he overdosed, coz the next day he was dead. and the only person that knows about him is the younger brother. what would you do if your only friend was all fine and laughing away the night before, but was no more breathing the next morning? putting myself in the situation, i totally get the trembling, the shock and the loss the character played. he got mad and nobody understood him.

he and his mother

he even tracked down his birth mother (the prostitute) and paid her so that she could talk to him. for your info, the birth mother doesn't even know this boy is his son. tragic!
and in a nearby village, lived the younger sister of the dead friend. she was pregnant. *i think her dad made her pregnant, not sure* she ran away one day and wanted to be with her sister in Pahang (another state in Malaysia). she lost her purse somewhere by the time she reached the ticket counter, so she sat on the bus station tired, hungry and confused. that's when she came across a lady who also plays a part in the business. she led this young girl to a house where she was fed, alongside other pregnant women about her age.
you remember the younger brother? he figured out that this poor girl is his dead friend's sister, and so, by the time she delivered, he was planning to run away with the girl and the child. this is when everything turned messy.

to cut the story short, both the younger brother and the poor girl with her newborn baby boy all made their ways on the bus heading to Pahang. the older brother just didn't make it. he chased the bus, but nobody realized he was chasing. so, he's back in the crazy life, while the other three might escape. will these people survive?
life is hard. sometimes, you didn't choose the path you're living in. but that's just life. life is a test. some people re just plain lucky, and some are just not so lucky. but everybody has a choice to change their lives-no matter how hard life's gonna be ahead.