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Locarno Winner Woo Ming Jin Wraps Telepathic Twins Film ‘The Fox King’ (EXCLUSIVE)


Award-winning Malaysian filmmaker Woo Ming Jin has wrapped principal photography on his latest film, 'The Fox King,' the producers revealed at Cannes.

Set in a coastal Malaysian town in the early 2000s, “The Fox King” tells the story of Ali and Amir, inseparable fraternal twins with a telepathic bond. The film is headlined by Indonesian star Dian Sastrowardoyo (Netflix’s “Cigarette Girl”) alongside Idan Aedan (“Blood Flower”), Amerul Affendi (“I.D.”), Chew Kin Wah (“Rain Town”) and newcomer Hadi Putra. National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (FINAS) chair Kamil Othman said: “In a world going borderless, it is inevitable that creative works will not remain untouched by the possibilities it offers.

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