Tiger Stripes
Qumra Projects
/ Feature Narrative / Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore, France, Germany, Netherlands, Indonesia, Qatar
In Malay
Rated: This film has not been rated.
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Synopsis
Zaffan is a rebellious and carefree girl until she starts to experience horrifying physical changes to her body. She develops a hideous rash, bleeds from her fingernails and clumps of hair fall from her head. Struggling to maintain being normal at school, Zaffan is in denial of her inevitable changes and tries to cover herself. Zaffan’s friends, however, attack her, when all hysteria breaks loose—one by one, teenage girls drop to the floors in fits, turning it into a spread of mass hysteria across the school.
Rumours of a dark figure in the toilets have caused fear to take over the primary school, and a visiting Medical Officer appoints himself in command—his sole mission is to drive away the demon that is haunting them. He soon discovers that Zaffan may be the root of their problems and steps in to perform an exorcism on her. The whole community watches as the Medical Officer uses extreme methods to shame and physically hurt Zaffan. And like a tiger who has been dragged out of its habitat and poked because we fear it, because we don’t know it—Zaffan decides to finally reveal her true self, her wrath, rage and her beauty, to everyone.