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Be With Me

(93 min)

2005 - Drama - Singapore

An older man (Chiew Sung Ching) coping with his dying wife. A blind woman (Theresa Chan) living her life courageously as if she could see. Two teenage girls (Samantha Tan and Ezann Lee) searching for their true identities. An obese man (Seet Keng Yew) burying himself in food to hid the abuse and torture of his everyday life while trying to reach the woman of his dreams. Each one, unsure of what tomorrow may bring, live life the only way they know how, searching for the only thing that matters…to be loved.

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Director : Eric Khoo

Cast : Theresa Chan, Chiew Sung Ching, Seet Keng Yew, Ezann Lee, Samantha Tan, Lawrence Yong

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I Not Stupid

(110 min)

2002 - Comedy, Drama - Singapore

Kok Pin, Boon Hock and Terry are classmates in EM3. In Singapore, that means that at the age of 12, the government has decided that they are not as academically inclined as their peers who have been placed in an express or normal stream. Kok Pin is creative and a born artist but his parents would rather he focus on his Math and Science. Boon Hock comes from a poor family and needs to balance school and helping out at his parents’ restaurant. Lastly, there’s Terry, a rich kid who’s been brought up to just ignore others and hasn’t been required to do anything for himself. Much misunderstanding occurs amongst the friends because Terry has been brought up to mind his own business and not stand up for his friends. While the three children suffer from the pressure of school, their parents have another set of problems.

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Director : Jack Neo

Cast : Huang Po Ju, Shawn Lee, Joshua Ang, Cheryl Chan, Jack Neo, Xiang Yun

Perth

(111 min)

2004 - Drama - Singapore

Things can’t get much worse for Harry Lee. Harry spends each day working his tail to the bone to ensure his own survival in present day Singapore and hopefully his imminent migration to his own personal paradise, Perth. Many jobs come and go, but something has changed inside of him. There is now darkness where light once shined and Harry is about to explode. This is a story about the tragic circumstances that befall the disloyal family and peers that surround a man with far too many demons.

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Director : Djinn

Cast : Lim Kay Tong, Qiu Lian Liu, A. Panneeirchelvam, Sunny Pang, Ivy Chang, Catherine Tan

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Turn Left, Turn Right

(102 min)

2003 - Drama, Comedy, Romance - Hong Kong, Singapore

This story is based on one of the best-selling illustrated storybooks in Asia -- Turn Left, Turn Right by Jimmy Liao. John Liu (Takeshi Kaneshiro) is an aspiring violinist who is flocked by women like bees to honey because of his handsome face. However what he really wants is to meet someone special who appreciates his violin performance. Eve Choi (Gigi Leung) is a professional translator whose true passion is translating love poems, but for work she is stuck in translating cheesy novels and cheap thrillers which make her feel tense and frightened. Living in different units of the same apartment building and separated by one thin wall, they two have brushed shoulders in crowd hundreds times, but somehow their paths never really cross. One day, while walking around a circular fountain in the park, they finally bump into each other. Just like a pair of long-lost lovers, John and Eve spend a beautiful afternoon together. A sudden shower cuts the encounter short. They exchange phone

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Director : Johnny To, Wai Ka Fai

Cast : Takeshi Kaneshiro, Gigi Leung, Edmund Chen, Terri Kwang

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