Be With Me

A film about isolation and longing for true love in Singapore, and the true-life-story of deaf and blind Theresa Chan. Khoo tells three overlapping stories, and first we see an old shopkeeper cooking food for his sick wife who stays at a hospital. The old man’s story of loving dedication is gradually intercut with Sam’s, a Singaporean teen who spends much of her time at her computer in chatting rooms, where she eventually meets her soulmate. Fatty, a security guard addicted to high-cholesterol food, is central in the third story. He is secretly in love with a young business woman, Ann, who works in the same building. After stalking her for a while he finally decides to write her a love letter. Be With Me is shot in a distinctly minimalist way relying on it’s stunningly beautiful cinematography. Khoo has chosen to make a film almost entirely without dialogue, using instead the images and rhythm to tell the three stories. ROLAND MADARÁSZ

Premiärstatus
Nordisk premiär: Medverkande
Theresa Chan, Seet Keng Yew,Ezann Lee, Samantha Tan: Producent
Brian Hong: Manus
Eric Khoo & Wong Kim Hoh: Foto
Adrian Tan: Musik
Kevin Mathews & Christine Sham: Talat språk
English,Hokkien, Mandarin