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Fridae Movie Club: Singapore
15 January 2008 / Issue 201

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Like sizzling flirtation and mind-boggling sex, all good things must come to an end.

 

After last week's embarrassment of riches, this week sees the movie train slowing down just a little. There are only four new films, as compared to the seven that opened last week .

The best of the lot are 3:10 to Yuma and The Savages.

3:10 To Yuma is a superb cowboy drama that may be the best Western since Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven. It features terrific performances by Russell Crowe and Christian Bale as two men on opposing sides of the law.

Also good is The Savages, a very sad yet bitterly funny family drama about a self-centred and snobbish pair of brother (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and sister (Laura Linney) who are forced to care for their equally cold father (Philip Bosco). A treat for smart audiences.

Also opening is the award-winning documentary Sharkwater which tells you which sharks are less of a threat to humans and humans are to sharks. The documentary show you why sharks are really far less dangerous than films like Jaws make them out to be, and how the killing of sharks for the popular sharks' fin dish is seriously jeopardizing our ecosystem.

Not worth catching is Linger, a supernatural romance about a dead boy (Vic Zhou) and his former love (Li Bingbing). A disappointment, considering that it comes from Hong Kong foremost auteur Johnny To (Election).

Till next week, enjoy!

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VISIONS OF LIFE
THE MYSTIC, THE IRONIC AND THE GOTHIC

Inspiring stories of survival and salvation are the themes at next week's three movie offerings at our Fridae Private Previews. Two are films made from bestselling books, while the other is a screen rendition of a Broadway musical.

In The Mist, grocery shopping at a supermarket turns out to be a haunting trip out of human civilisation. Don't miss this latest screen chiller based on Stephen King's book.

In The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, we follow the true story and the emotional journey of a paralysed Frenchman, told literally letter by letter, as he reflects on life, loves and family.

Tim Burton (Batman, Big Fish, Planet of the Apes, Edward Scissorhands) brings gay composer and writer Stephen Sondheim's Broadway success Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street to the big screen in this gothic tale about life on the razor's edge in London.

To start receiving invitation emails to these delightful movie treats, you just have to sign up for the Fridae Arts & Entertainment Mailing List today and you will also stand a chance to receive free movie passes to The Savages, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote), a picturesque study of modern life and age-old family traditions; or The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, a stylish new western film with Brad Pitt as a bandit in a story of crime, courage and heroism. >> Add me!

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3:10 to Yuma

Director: James Mangold
Cast: Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Peter Fonda, Gretchen Mol

3:10 to Yuma
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You can call it the return of Russell Crowe. After a string of highly-publicized public brawls and high-profile flops (Cinderella Man, Master & Commander, A Good Year), Russell seems determined to redeem his reputation at the box-office.

Fresh on the heels of his excellent gangsterama American Gangster, Russell scores yet again with 3:10 To Yuma, a superb shoot-'em-up Western that showcases his prodigious acting skills and spellbinding screen charisma.

Russell plays a dangerous outlaw who regularly holds up trains and stagecoaches. The authorities have been after him for years, but have been unable to track him down. Then, by a stroke of sheer luck, an impoverished army veteran (Christian Bale) manages to find and capture Russell. Christian and a few other men must now escort Russell on a 3-day journey to a prison in Yuma.

Russell, of course, has no intention of going to prison. And his men — who sorely miss their leader — will stop at nothing to get him back...

Directed by Jame Mangold (Walk The Line), this is perhaps the best Western since Clint Eastwood's 1992 Oscar winner Unforgiven. It combines a good script, powerhouse acting, a strong sense of location as well as a palpable respect for the Western genre to give you two hours of thrilling cowboy entertainment.

We highly recommend it to the butch boys and girls, and anyone else who likes to play cowboys-and-rodeos in bed.


The Savages

Director: Tamara Jenkins
Cast: Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Bosco

Best Screenplay, Flanders International Film Festival
Best Screenplay, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
Best Screenplay, San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards
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The Savages
Trailer Website Reader's Comments

This is the artiest and most intellectual film of the week — meant for those who have no trouble recognizing surnames like Brecht, Plath and Pinter. Anyone with no interest in literature and has an IQ of less than 120 shouldn't even attempt to watch this.

Written and directed by Tamara Jenkins — a theatre writer-director-actress turned filmmaker — this gloomy yet funny yet moving film depicts the love-hate relationships between the Savage family members.

Laura Linney plays Wendy Savage, a struggling playwright who's having an affair with a married man and who also happens to be a shoplifter. Philip Seymour Hoffman plays her brother Jon Savage, an academic trying to write a book on Brecht. Philip Bosco is their father Lenny Savage, who is suffering from dementia and gradually losing his mind.

When Lenny has to be discharged from an old folks' home for various reasons, Wendy and Jon have to figure out how they are going to take care of him. None of three characters are particularly pleasant to begin with, but when you put all three under the same roof, it guarantees a perfect storm of emotional disaster.

The acting is painfully funny, and the writing-directing is exceptional. The Savages was nominated for numerous awards from various critics' associations, but lost out on most of them because it is ultimately too erudite and refined a pleasure to be appreciated by most.

Very smart and witty people will enjoy this film. Everyone else will likely end up scratching their heads over the film's ironic jokes and references.


Sharkwater

Director: Rob Stewart
Cast: Rob Stewart, Patrick Moore, Erich Ritter, Paul Watson, Boris Worm

Best Film Audience Award, Atlantic Film Festival
DGC Team Award - Documentary, Directors Guild of Canada
Jury Award Best Documentary, People's Choice Award Best Film and Spirit of the Independent Award, Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival
Audience Award and Best Feature Award, Gen Art Film Festival
Special Jury Award - Documentary, Hawaii International Film Festival
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Sharkwater
Trailer Website Reader's Comments

A lot of movies like Jaws will have you believe that sharks are very dangerous predators. But this underwater documentary is set to change that impression, especially after you've seen the writer-director Rob Stewart happily swim alongside sharks — the way some people jog with their dogs.

According to Sharkwater, more people have been killed by crocodiles, tigers and elephants than sharks — in fact, only five people die of shark attacks every year compared to 100 who die of elephant or tiger attacks.

Even more sobering than this is the fact that by the time the 89-minute documentary is over, about 15,000 sharks would have been killed — mostly for the manufacture of shark fin soup.

The shark fin soup is an important ceremonial delicacy and a symbol of prestige among the Chinese. But Rob alleges that it is responsible for many shark killings. Rob even claims that in some parts of the Costa Rica, the industry is run by Chinese mobsters who bribe the authorities to turn a blind eye on the practice of shark killing.

Some of the claims are indeed sensational, and this documentary does not bother to show both sides of argument. After all, the Chinese taste for shark fin is no less contentious than bull-fighting in Spain or the once-popular use of animal fur coats in the fashion industry, just to name a few offenders.

Still, what's eye-opening in this documentary is the realisation that sharks are really less dangerous to humans than humans are to sharks. A must-see for nature lovers.

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opening this week
 
Linger

Hudie Fei
Mandarin with English subtitles

Director: Johnnie To
Cast: Vic Chou, Li Bingbing

Linger
Trailer Website Reader's Comments

We at Fridae have always loved Johnny To's films. Ever since John Woo left Hong Kong to carve a successful career in Hollywood, Johnny To has picked up the slack and become the best action director in Hong Kong. His best gangsteramas like Election and The Mission are masterpieces of action cinema. Even misfires like Exiled were enjoyable B-grade action flicks.

So to watch Johnny latest film Linger, a slow and monotonous supernatural romance, is to experience serious disappointment.

Former F4 member Vic Chou plays a boy who cheats on his girlfriend with the attractive, tomboyish-looking Li Bingbing. The romantic triangle frustrates him so that he crashes her car into a motorcycle and dies. Three years later (why the wait?), Vic returns as a ghost to taunt Bingbing into telling him if she ever loved him. Bleaaah...

As the lead, Vic Chou is simply too whiny and ineffective to make the cliched romantic lines work. (The same lines in the mouth of Takeshi Kaneshiho would have been a different matter altogether.) Linger moves at such a glacially slow pace that it became struggle just to keep awake throughout much of its routine scenarios.

Yes, Vic does appear shirtless, but it's really not that big a deal.

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French with English subtitles

Director: Julie Lopes-Curval
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Audience Award and Best Actor Silver St. George Award, Moscow International Film Festival
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Baan Phii Sing
Thai with English subtitles

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Atonement

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Best Motion Picture (Drama) and Best Original Score, Golden Globe Awards
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Best Adapted Screenplay, Satellite Awards
Best Achievement in Cinematography, Best Original Score, Best Performance by a Youth in Female Role, Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

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Volpi Cup Best Actor, Venice Film Festival
Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor, San Francisco Film Critics Circle
Best Supporting Actor Award, National Board of Review, USA
Best Supporting Actor Award, Satellite Awards
Best Cinematography, Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
Best Cinematography, Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
Best Cinematography, Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

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Le scaphandre et le papillon
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Cast: Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Crozen
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Best Director and Technical Grand Prize, Cannes Film Festival
Best Foreign Language Film and Best Director, Golden Globe Awards
Best Foreign Language Film Award, National Board of Review, USA
Golden Frog Award, Camerimage
Best Feature Film Audience Award, AFI Fest
Best Foreign-Language Film, Best Director and Best Cinematography, Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
Best Foreign Language Film Award, San Francisco Film Critics Circle
Best Foreign Language Film, Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
Best Foreign Language Film, Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
Best Foreign Language Film, Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards
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27 Dresses

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The Flock

Director: Andrew Lau
Cast: Richard Gere, Claire Danes, Avril Lavigne
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Chekeraccho!!
Japanese with English subtitles

Director: Rieko Miyamoto
Cast: Hayato Ichihara, Tasuku Emoto, Yuta Hiraoka, Mao Inoue
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Zim & Co.

French with English subtitles

Director: Pierre Jolivet
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The Kite Runner

English, Dari, Pashtu, Urdu, Russian with English subtitles

Director: Marc Forster
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

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Cast: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman
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Best Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical) and Best Actor, Golden Globe Awards
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Best Costume Design, Best Production Design, Best Youth Actor Awards, Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
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Away from Her

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Cast: Julie Christie, Gordon Pinsent, Olympia Dukakis
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Best Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay Awards, San Francisco Film Critics Circle
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Best Actress Award, Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
Best Actress Award, Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards
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New Generation Award, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
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Amusement

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Gone Baby Gone

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Director: Stephen Chow
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Orae-doen Jeongwon
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Director: Im Sang-Soo
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Director: >James C Strouse
Cast: John Cusack, Rebecca Spence, Marisa Tomei
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Audience Award and Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award, Sundance Film Festival
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Best Original Song, Satellite Awards

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Mandarin with English subtitles

Director: Jack Neo
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Juno

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Director: Richard LaGravenese
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Jumper

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Brick Lane

Director: Sarah Gavron
Cast: Tannishtha Chatterjee, Satish Kaushik, Christopher Simpson
Opens: 14 Feb
 

Best Screenplay and Silver Hitchcock Awards, Dinard British Film Festival
C.I.C.A.E. Award, San Sebastián International Film Festival

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Things We Lost In The Fire

Director: Susanne Bier
Cast: Halle Berry, Benicio Del Toro, David Duchovny, Alexis Llewellyn, Micah Berry
Opens: 14 Feb
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Persepolis

French, English, Persian, German with English subtitles

Directors: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Chiara Mastroianni, Danielle Darrieux, Simon Abkarian
Opens: 21 Feb
 

Jury Prize, Cannes Film Festival
Special Jury Prize, Cinemanila International Film Festival
Best Foreign Language Film Audience Award, São Paulo International Film Festival
Most Popular Film, Vancouver International Film Festival
Sutherland Trophy, British Film Institute Awards
Freedom of Expression Award, National Board of Review, USA
Best Animated Film, New York Film Critics Circle Awards
Best Animation, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

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There Will Be Blood

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Kevin J O'Connor, Ciarán Hinds, Dillon Freasier
Opens: 21 Feb
 

Best Actor, Golden Globes, USA
Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Production Design, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
Best Actor, Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
Best Actor, Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
Best Actor, Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
Best Actor and Best Cinematography, New York Film Critics Circle Awards
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Bangkok Love Story

Thai with English subtitles

Director: Poj Arnon
Cast: Suchao Pongwilai, Chutcha Rujinanon, Wiradit Srimalai, Chaiwat Thongsaeng, Rattanaballang Tohssawat
Opens: 21 Feb
 

Grand Prize, International Competition, Brussels International Independent Film Festival

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The Deaths of Ian Stone

Director: Dario Piana
Cast: Mike Vogel, James Bartle, Andrew Buchan, Christina Cole, Michael Dixon, Jason Durran
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The Great Debaters

Director: Denzel Washington
Cast: Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker, Nate Parker
Opens: 21 Feb
 

Freedom of Expression Award, National Board of Review, USA

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L Changed the World

Japanese with English subtitles

Director: Hideo Nakata
Cast: Kenichi Matsuyama, Yuki Kudo, Mayuko Fukuda, Shunji Fujimura
Opens: 21 Feb
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The Orphanage

El Orfanato
Spanish with English subtitles

Director: Juan Antonio Bayona
Cast: Belen Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Roger Princep, Geraldine Chaplin, Montserrat Carulla
Opens: 21 Feb
 

Best Film, Best New Director, Best Actress, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing and Best Sound, Barcelona Film Awards

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Feast of Love

Director: Robert Benton
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Greg Kinnear, Radha Mitchell, Billy Burke, Selma Blair, Alexa Davalos, Toby Hemingway, Stana Katic, Erika Marozsán, Jane Alexander, Fred Ward
Opens: 14 Feb
 

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Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Director: Jake Kasdan
Cast: John C Reilly, Jenna Fischer, Raymond J Barry, Margo Martindale, Kristen Wiig, Chip Hormess, Conner Rayburn
Opens: 21 Feb
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One Foot Off the Ground

Jiquan Buning
Mandarin with English subtitles

Director: Chen Daming
Cast: Xu Fanm Li Yixiang, Xiao Xiangyu, Jin Hong
Opens: 21 Feb
 

Best Supporting Actress, Golden Rooster Awards

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Fool's Gold

Director: Andy Tennant
Cast: Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey, Donald Sutherland, Ewen Bremner, Roger Sciberras, Brian Hooks, Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Opens: 21 Feb
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The Book of Revelation

Director: Ana Kokkinos
Cast: Tom Long, Greta Scacchi, Colin Friels, Deborah Mailman, Zoe Coyle, Nadine Garner
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Best Music Score, Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards

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Film Festivals and Special Events

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Screening Room
Frida, The Wicker Man, Monsoon Wedding, The Lake House, Oceans Thirteen, Scoop, Constantine, La Vie en Rose, The Truth About Love, The Lost City, ...
Date: Jan
Venue: Screening Room at 12 Ang Siang Road
Presented by Screening Room
Love and Pride Film Festival
Poltergay, Metrosexual, My Summer of Love, Brokeback Mountain, Eternal Summer, Spider Lilies, Quinceanera, ...
Date: 25 to 27 Jan
Venue:
GV Grand and GV Gold Class at VivoCity
Presented by Golden Village

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M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2008
Filem-Filem-Filem World Premiere by Ming Wong
Date: 16 to 27 Jan
Venue:
The Arts House Foyer, Film and Print Gallery
Presented by M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2008 and The Arts House
M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2008
A Brief History of the Future by Mika Taanila
Date: 18 to 26 Jan
Venue:
The Arts House Screening Room
Presented by M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2008 and The Arts House
Women Who Love Women
Date: 26 Jan
Venue:
Toca Me
Presented by Toca Me and Two Queens
Twelve Storeys
coming soon: Talking Cock, Singapore Dreaming
Date: 9 to 25 Jan
Venue:
Sinema Old School
Presented by Sinema Old School
Digital Homeland Singapore
Tales from the Homelands workshops
Date: 26 Jan, 2 Feb, 23 Feb, 8 Mar, 29 Mar, 5 Apr
Venue:
Gallery Theatre, National Museum of Singapore
Presented by National Museum Cinémathèque
World Cinema Series
The Cremator (Spalovac Mrtvol)
Date: 12 Feb
Venue:
Gallery Theatre, National Museum of Singapore
Presented by National Museum Cinémathèque and Singapore Film Society
It Must Be Love: Stories From Yasmin, the Storyteller
Mukhsin, Sepet, Gubra, ...
Date: 22 to 23 Feb
Venue: Asian Civilisations Museum
Presented by SCREEN SHOTS at ACM
Odysseys of Myth: Greek Mythology in Cinema
Orpheus, Electra, My Love, Voyage to Cythera, Jason and the Argonauts, ...
Date: 27 Feb to 1 Mar
Venue: Gallery Theatre, National Museum of Singapore
Presented by National Museum Cinémathèque and Singapore Film Society
World Cinema Series
A Flower in Hell
Date: 11 Mar
Venue: Gallery Theatre, National Museum of Singapore
Presented by National Museum Cinémathèque and Singapore Film Society
3rd Toronto Singapore Film Festival
call for entries: closing date 1 Oct
Date:
March 2008
Venue:
TBA
Presented by Toronto Singapore Film Festival
50 Years of Vietnam Film
Date: 4 to 14 Apr
Venue: Gallery Theatre, National Museum of Singapore
Presented by National Museum Cinémathèque as part of NHB's Vietnam Festival 2008

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