Teoh s second-hand washing machine is a beautiful color and makes his life easier, but it has a life of her own literally. When Teoh discovers the secret soul of this temperamental household helper, he exploits the washing machine for all it or she--is worth. Then, he sells her to strangers. In the home of the Wong family, her situation goes from bad worse as she sidesteps Wong s strange advances while suffering at the exploitation of his son.
In this critically acclaimed comedy-drama from the Malaysian New Wave, the effects of alienation and desperation in an increasingly mechanized modern world spiral out of control as though they are on spin-dry!