Brunei's film industry is one of the smallest in Southeast Asia, producing only a handful of features each year, though recent years have brought a quiet push toward local storytelling. Simpati is one such local production to have caught attention. Have a look at what Macca made of Bruneian cinema below.
Rating: 2.5★
Brunei Darussalam is, to put it gently, not a country that tends to dominate film festival circuits or multiplex schedules. With a population of under half a million and no particularly established commercial film industry to speak of, any feature production coming out of the Sultanate is something of a
Genre Drama
★★ — Simpati (2019)
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