What if your fairy godmother was a chaotic disaster lesbian with daddy issues and a death wish?
Meek and mild-mannered gas station attendant Saadon (Que Haidar) has never fallen in love. The one time he falls for Mala (Nabila Huda), she conspires with Budi (Remy Ishak) to make off with his savings. When Saadon finds himself beaten up by Budi in a back alley, he chances upon a magic teapot that is inhabited by a genie, Pari Pari (Liyana Jasmay). Love is possible. However, the genie's father, Para Para (Harun Salim Bachik) is tracking her. Hoping to find romance, the genie refuses to return to her realm and is ready to accept the genie's curse of eternal oblivion should she fail in love once more.
Acting
Harun Salim Bachik steals every scene as the world's most exhausted genie dad.
Production
Gas station Malaysia as magical liminal space — surprisingly gorgeous.
Director
Azmi Mohd Hata
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This quietly pioneered Malaysian magical realism cinema, blending Malay folklore (bunian/jinn) with working-class urban settings rarely deemed worthy of fantasy treatment. Que Haidar was primarily known for serious arthouse work before this.
Liyana Jasmay was only 21 playing an ancient being, and reportedly improvised most of her physical comedy. The 'eternal oblivion' curse was originally darker in the script — studio intervention softened it, which ironically makes the ending more haunting.
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