In the Room

In the Room

★ 4.6IMDb Score
Released:2015-09-15
Duration:90 min
Director:Eric Khoo
Actors:Boon Pin Koh, Daniel Jenkins, Josie Ho, Jean Maguire, Gillian Tan
Production:Zhao Wei Films

Overview:

This sensitive and sensual film draws together several narratives spanning several decades, all of them transpiring in the same room of the same Singaporean hotel — and all of them involving sex.

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