Haicang New Road

"Haician New Road" is a 2017 Malaysian film written and directed by Su Zhongxing. It is a semi-biographical film about his family. The film is set in Penang in the 1970s (a prosperous island in northern Malaysia with a large Chinese population). It is the first Malaysian film to use only Penang Hokkien throughout the film. The movie title "Haijin Xinluo" is the local name of Victoria Street in George Town (the center of Penang City) in Penang. The Fujian dialect is Haijian Xinluo. Sunny (played by Li Mingzhong), who has not returned to his hometown in Penang for many years, finally returned to his hometown during the Lunar New Year to meet his sister Ayun (played by Yang Yanyan), two aunts and old classmates. As a director, Sunny has always been a source of pride to his family, who believe that he has a successful career and a happy life. However, Sunny has difficulties that he cannot tell others, struggling between reality and ideals. Now he has spent all his money to shoot a movie that is very important to him. The movie tells the story of Sunny's childhood and family, including an unspeakable tragedy that has cast a huge shadow on Sunny to this day. He cannot understand his mother, and has a great affection for his mentally ill brother.