Film details
Accolades:
NETPAC FIPRESCI Critic's Prize
10th Singapore International Film Festival 1997
In Competition, Un Certain Regard
50th Cannes Film Festival 1997
Running time:
105 minutes
Format:
35mm
Synopsis:
The film depicts a day in a HDB block (government residential flats) in Singapore with all the action occurring within a 24-hour period. There are essentially three main storylines:
China Bride: Ah Gu (Jack Neo), a middle-aged man has brought home a pretty young wife from China (Quan Yifeng), but he has to cope with her overly high expectations, and as a result of that, her increasing frustration and disappointment with life in Singapore.
San San: San San (Lucilla Teoh) lives alone with only suicide in her mind. A meeting with the daughter of her mother's former employer, Rachel (Neo Swee Lin) acts as a trigger for an outpouring of sadness.