The Garden of Evening Mists (filem)

The Garden of Evening Mists (Cina: 夕霧花園) adalah sebuah filem drama sejarah Malaysia berbahasa Inggeris tahun 2019 yang diadaptasikan dari novel berjudul sama karya Tan Twan Eng.

Jalan cerita 
A woman seeking a quiet life in post-World War II British Malaya finds love and a common interest in gardening with a mysterious Japanese man.

Teoh Yun Ling who, embittered from atrocities of World War II in Malaya, seeks solace in the rolling hills of Cameron Highlands. There, in her quest to build a garden in homage of her late sister, she embarks on a forbidden love affair with the mysterious gardener, Nakamura Aritomo.

A survivor of a brutal Japanese internment camp, Teoh Yun Ling has been working with the Malaysian authorities punish the Japanese war criminals for several years. She despises the Japanese for killing her younger sister, but to pay tribute to her soul she travels to the highlands to visit the renowned gardener Nakamura Aritomo. Aritomo refuses to work for Yun Ling but instead takes her in as an apprentice so that she can build her own garden. Residing in the tea room, Yun Ling begins working at The Garden of Evening Mists and learns to design a garden. Yet outside of the Malaysian jungle, another war is waging in Malaysia in a continued state of emergency. Malay nationalists are fighting the British for independence, while communist guerillas are brutally killing farmers, miners, and their families in every way they can to gain control over the regions.

A Malaysian woman haunted by wartime atrocities, the death of her sister and a complicated relationship with a possible Japanese spy

Barisan pelakon 
 Sylvia Chang sebagai Teoh Yun Ling
 Angelica Lee sebagai Teoh Yun Ling muda
 Hiroshi Abe sebagai Nakamura Aritomo
 Julian Sands sebagai Frederik Gemmell 
 David Oakes sebagai Frederik Gemmel] muda
 John Hannah sebagai Magnus Gemmell
 Serene Lim sebagai Teoh Yun Hong
 Tan Kheng Hua sebagai Emily
 Wan Hanafi Su sebagai Jaafar Hamid

Penerimaan 
Elizabeth Kerr yang menulis untuk The Hollywood Reporter menyebut banyak metafora dan adegan yang mencerahkan dan sensual dibuang bersama dengan naungan moral dari banyak karakter utama.

Rujukan

Pautan luar 
 
 

Films based on Malaysian novels
Films set in Malaysia
Films shot in Malaysia
Astro Shaw films
CJ Entertainment films
Constantin Film films
Upcoming films
Malaysian drama films
English-language Malaysian films
Films set in the 1950s