''Mukhsin'' is a 2006 Malaysian film directed by

Yasmin Ahmad Yasmin binti Ahmad (7 January 1958 – 25 July 2009) was a Malaysian film director, writer and scriptwriter. She was the executive creative director at Leo Burnett Kuala Lumpur. Her television commercials and films are well known in Malaysia fo ...

. It is the third instalment in the "Orked" trilogy. Shot in just 12 days, it won one award and one special mention at the 57th Berlin International Film Festival (2007) under the children's film category: International Jury of Generation Kplus - Grand Prix of the Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk for Best Feature Film and the Generation Kplus Children’s Jury Awards - Special Mention. Within the first 4 days of its release in Malaysia, it earned RM700,000 in box-office takings. It went on to have a final gross of almost RM2 million.

Plot

The story takes place in

Sekinchan Sekinchan is a small town located in Sabak Bernam District, Selangor, Malaysia. It is located along the coastal Federal Route 5. Apart from being a lively fishing village, Sekinchan is one of the major rice producing areas of Malaysia. The ...

, Sabak Bernam in 1993, revolving around the first love of a 10-year-old Orked when a 12-year-old boy, Mukhsin, comes with his older brother and aunt to spend the school holidays in her village. Around this relatively simple plotline of a blossoming young romance between the film's two young protagonists, are interweaved scenes of Malaysian village life and the dynamics of different types of families. Most of the family scenes revolve around Orked, her parents Mak Inom and Pak Atan, and the family's close maid Kak Yam who is almost like a family member. The other families which are given attention in the movie are Mukhsin's family (with his elder brother who has lost his way in life and is trying desperately to find their mother who abandoned them at a young age, and their Aunty who is trying to take care of the two boys as though they were her own), and Orked's neighbours (with the young daughter and pregnant mother who are critical of the western ways of Orked's family, while they themselves are hurt by the father who wants to abandon them to take on a second wife).

Cast

* Mukhsin - Syafie Naswip * Orked -

Sharifah Aryana Sharifah Aryana binti Syed Zainal Rashid Al-Yahya (born 21 April 1995), better known by her stage name Sharifah Aryana, is a Malaysian actress. Sharifah is of Arab-Chinese-Bengali parentage. She is the youngest daughter with two elder sisters bo ...

* Mak Inom - Sharifah Aleya Binti Syed Zainal Rashid Yahya * Kak Yam -

Adibah Noor Adibah Noor Mohamed Omar (3 September 1970 – 18 June 2022) was a Malaysian singer, actress and master of ceremonies. She made her start in the entertainment industry in 1995 and had gone on to star in films such as ''Sepet'' and ''Gubra''. ...

* Pak Atam - Irwan Iskandar * Adult Orked -

Sharifah Amani Sharifah Amani binti Syed Zainal Rashid Al-Yahya (born 10 June 1986), better known by her stage name Sharifah Amani, is a Malaysian actress. She is the best known for her role as Orked in Yasmin Ahmad's 'Orked' trilogy (''Sepet, Gubra'' and ''M ...

Music

* " Keroncong Hujan", performed by

* " Ne me quitte pas" (Don't leave me) by Nina Simone

References

External links

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Awards List from 57th Berlin International Film Festival, 2007

Cinema Online Article

Movie summary from program for 57th Berlin International Film Festival, 2007

Think.com movie review

Movie Information at Malaysian cinema website

Review: mukhsin - orked’s first and memorable love

{{Yasmin Ahmad 2006 films Films directed by Yasmin Ahmad Malay-language films 2000s Mandarin-language films 2006 comedy-drama films 2006 comedy films Malaysian comedy-drama films 2000s English-language films