A boozy party at a seaside villa descends into a delirious explosion of suppressed angst for two slackers and their angst-ridden middle-aged fathers in “Cesarean Weekend”, Iranian indie cinema instigator Mohammad Shirvani’s first feature in 13 years.
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Japanese kabuki artists, women’s solidarity in India and the chaos of Chinese history.
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Long considered lost and an urban myth of sorts, ‘Dream of the Red Chamber ‘77’, legendary Chinese filmmaker Chiu Kang-chien’s irreverent, Singapore-set reinterpretation of the Chinese literary classic, re-emerges after nearly five decades as a key curio in the restoration programme at the Singapore Intl. Film Festival.
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A gay man returns to his ancestral village and rekindles his relationship with his childhood friend-turned-lover in ‘Cactus Pears’, Indian filmmaker Rohan Parashuram Kanawade’s sensitive, bittersweet first feature.
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Veteran Singapore actor Lim Kay Tong anchors ‘The Old Man and His Car’, Michael Kam’s sensitive and slow-moving feature debut about a retiree preparing to leave his house, his car and his memories for Canada.
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