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A still from Malaysian time-travel revenge thriller "Stone Turtle" (2022) by Kuala Lumpur-based director Woo Ming Jin. (Courtesy of Edmund Yeo)
MARCO FERRARESE, Contributing writer
November 9, 2022 08:00 JST
KUALA LUMPUR -- Standing on a deserted tropical beach battered by crashing waves, a woman in a blood-red dress observes a man from afar. He has just arrived on the remote Malaysian island she inhabits, and is on bended knees, inspecting fading tracks on the foreshore.