SNOW IN MIDSUMMER

Director CHONG Keat-aun spent 14 years collecting the oral history of the May 13 Incident and turned them into a film, retrospectively exploring the almost-forgotten elegy in Malaysian history.
導演張吉安費時14年在吉隆坡雙溪毛糯亂葬崗實地田調，採訪死者和家屬的悲痛故事，將口述歷史化成《五月雪》一片，重現這場大馬歷史上至關重要卻漸漸為人遺忘的暴動悲歌。

On May 13, 1969, Su-mei and her daughter Ah-eng watched Cantonese opera at the Chinese Temple in Kuala Lumpur, while her husband Ah-kooi and son Ah-yeow were at Majestic Theater. Unexpectedly, a violent riot broke out, and Su-mei’s husband and son were killed as they tried to escape the theater. In a panic, Su-mei and her daughter sought shelter behind the opera stage for the whole night. The Prime Minister declared a state of emergency and imposed martial law. Su-mei’s husband and son’s bodies disappeared after the riot.

Forty-nine years later, in 2018, Ah-eng discovered a news article about a nearly demolished cemetery called “513.” Ah-eng sought to track down her father and brother’s burial location to fulfill her mother’s last wish.
1969年5月13日，馬來西亞大選落下帷幕，執政黨險勝，全城緊繃。素梅帶女兒小英到吉隆坡觀賞街棚戲《六月雪》，丈夫文貴則與兒子赴大華戲院。豈料暴徒突襲，父子困在戲院，素梅攜女兒躲入戲棚。是夜，素梅徘徊在滿目瘡痍的戲院，遍尋不著丈夫和兒子的蹤影。49年後，小英從報章得知吉隆坡一處差點被鏟除的義山塚，踏上尋找往事之旅。