12 Storeys

12 Storeys

5.2IMDb Score
Released:1997-06-12
Duration:105 min
Country:Singapore
Director:Eric Khoo
Actors:Jack Neo, Boon Pin Koh, May Yee Lum, Lucilla Teoh, Ritz Lim
Production:
Keywords:singapore

Overview:

The film depicts 24 hours in a HDB block of residential flats in Singapore. There are three main storylines. San San, fat, silent, and alone, hears the ghost of her mother constantly upbraid her. Ah Gu, a tofu soup vendor, is at odds with Lily, his materialistic immigrant wife, who longs for something he cannot provide. Meng spouts every moralistic bromide of the striving middle class, but is unhinged by his teenage sister May ("Trixie" to her boyfriend) who won't study, parties all night, and seems doomed by youth culture.

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