As the first of the director’s planned five films revolving around personal, political, and social issues in the South East Asian region, Monday Morning Glory, set in a small town in South-East Asia, takes place a week after a bombing in a night club, which claimed 199 lives. Having captured the core members of a cell group who he thinks are responsible for the attack, the local chief of police invites a select group of journalists to witness a re-enactment of the events leading up to the attack. Already facing immense pressure from his higher-ups and also the press, the chief hopes on this Monday morning to vindicate himself and reveal the truth behind this act of terrorism. “The film focuses on a small group of people in a terrorist cell that operates in a village. Though it is about terrorists, it isn’t a film about terrorism. I sought to show the everyday elements of human activity that even a terrorist is not precluded from…”

Screenplay Ming Jin Woo
Photography (colour) James Lee
Music Hardesh Singh
Sound Hardesh Singh
Cast Patrick Teoh, Azman Hassan, Hariry Jalil, Azman Ismail, Zaefrul Nordin
Production Greenlight Pictures, Zan Azlee, Ming Jin Woo
Year of production 2005
Running time 82’
Format Beta SP

Ming Jin Woo

Born 1976, he studied 1999 film and television production at the San Diego State University. During the studies, he made several short films and music videos that have screened in international festivals and have won numerous awards in the US and in Malaysia. Back to Malaysia, he directed television shows, commercials, and worked on independent films. Among the several short films, Love for Dogs has which screened in various prestigious festivals worldwide, including Rotterdam in 2005. Monday Morning Glory, his debut feature film, premiered in San Francisco and was invited to Pusan, Tokyo and Berlin. At present, he is preparing the second film of the South East Asian Quintology.