KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 13 — Penang-born director Sam Quah is hoping for his crime thriller A Place Called Silence to break a record or two at the Malaysia box-office. The film which premiered last Thursday has already hit the RM1 million mark on its opening weekend here. A Place Called Silence is second place for the highest summer collection of 2024 in China so far, raking in 1.
29 billion yuan (RM806 million). Quah, told Malay Mail that he is hoping to set a new Malaysia record for Chinese crime genre movies in Malaysia through the film which stars award-winning Hong Kong actor Francis Ng and Taiwanese actress Ning Chang. The film which centres around bullying, is actually a remake of Quah’s own 2022 film of the same name which previously debuted at the Busan Film Festival in 2022 and had originally featured controversial Taiwanese actor Jag Huang as its lead.
The award-winning director recast the stars for its 2024 version and has even added local talents in the film such as actor Tan Kim Wang and radio announcer Mei Yan Gan also known as Mavis. “The 2022 version is still considered good for me as it showed the original presentation of the movie idea, however, we had more resources and support this time around. “I have also matured and I hope I can showcase a more comprehensive side of me after gaining more experience.
“Also, I now get to work with a combination of both local and international cast, shooting both overseas and locally, where I am most familiar and comfo.