The Sleeping Dictionary (2003)

Cast: Jessica Alba, Brenda Blethyn, Hugh Dancy, Bob Hoskins, Christopher Ling Lee Ian, Junix Inocian, Michael Jessing Langgi, Mano Maniam, K.K. Moggie, Emily Mortimer

In the 1930s, British officer John Truscott journeys to a remote village in colonial Malaysia to educate and Westernize the local Iban population. There, he's introduced to the lovely Selima. In keepi…