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Aiman, a corrections officer, is transferred to a high-security prison. There, he befriends Rahim, who, it turns out, is chief executioner. Can Aiman overcome his conscience and become Rahim's apprentice?
Aiman, a 28-year-old Malay correctional officer, lives with his older sister Suhaila in a modest housing estate. When he is transferred to the region’s top prison, he soon takes an interest in a 65-year-old sergeant named Rahim, while the older man takes notice of the principled and diligent Aiman. It turns out that the charismatic Rahim is the prison’s long-serving chief executioner. As Aiman’s friendship with Rahim grows closer, however, his rapport with his sister deteriorates. When Rahim’s assistant quits and he asks Aiman to be his apprentice, Suhaila becomes extremely upset, and a past tragedy returns to haunt the present. Will Aiman overcome his conscience to become Rahim’s apprentice – and possibly the next executioner?

Credits

Director
Junfeng Boo
Screenwriter
Junfeng Boo
Producer
Raymond Phathanavirangoon, Fran Borgia, Fong Cheng Tan
Production Company
Peanut Pictures
Cast
Fir Rahman, Wan Hanafi Su, Mastura Ahmad

About the Director

Junfeng Boo
Boo Junfeng was trained at film schools in Singapore and Spain. His short films ‘Katong Fugue’ (2007) and ‘Homecoming’ (2008) were in competition at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, while ‘The Casuarina Cove’ (2009) was selected for the Berlin International Film Festival. He made his feature-length directorial debut in 2010 with ‘Sandcastle’, which had its premiere at the Cr
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