Summary

Coming of ageis about discovering your unique qualities and waving your freak flag high.

But how freaky can that really get?

But it’s one unlikely debut from Malaysia that takes the cake for the most outrageous approach yet.

a young girl wearing a hijab and bearing her teeth in Tiger Stripes

Image via Cannes

The Malay-language filmTiger Stripesis the feature-length directorial debut of Amanda Nell Eu.

What Is ‘Tiger Stripes’ About?

Tiger Stripesbegins as a slice-of-life window into the world of three Malaysian schoolgirls.

A young girl hides in a bathroom.

Image via Dark Star Pictures

But this only leads to more resentment from Farah.

Eventually, Zaffan loathes these bodily changes, seeing them as heightened and unnatural.

Zaffan’s fingernails fall out, as do her toenails, soon to be replaced by tiger-like claws.

A young girl leans over a sink in a room lit by red light in Tiger Stripes.

Image via Dark Star Pictures

What Is ‘Tiger Stripes’ Really About?

Zaffan’sKafkaesque experiencebegins by showing grounded puberty-related changes to make her transformation an empathetic and universal experience.

She is ostracized by her contemporaries, displaying how this period of adolescence can make certain girls feel.

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Tiger Stripesis now available to stream on VOD in the U.S.

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