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Homerun

Film 2003 Mandarin Award-winning, Drama, Singapore stories

AWARD
WINNING

A group of young boys stand in a grassy field in a scene from the film Homerun, depicting rural childhood in Singapore.

Still from Homerun

Accolades:

Best New Performer (Megan Zheng)

40TH TAIPEI GOLDEN HORSE AWARDS 2003

Running time:

108 minutes

Format:

35mm

Synopsis:

A remake of the Iranian film Children of Heaven, Jack Neo's Homerun is set in 1965 Singapore, and tells the story of children living in a kampong trying to find a lost pair of shoes. With themes ranging from friendship and kinship, to the political relations between Singapore and Malaysia, to socio-economic relationships between the rich and poor, this film is a window into the past, of the old Singapore just after independence.

Director(s): Jack Neo

Produced by: Mediacorp Raintree Pictures

Producer(s): Chan Pui Yin

Homerun

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