海墘新路

海墘新路 (2017)

Sunny has returned to Penang to shoot his new film about his family, without their knowledge. However he has run out of money and is struggling to shoot an essential scene. His sister, Hoon, comes by the film studio and discovers that he is shooting a warts and all film about their family. In the confrontation that follows, Sunny has an epiphany that illuminates and changes his perspective of his past.

Data di uscita
2017-05-04
Durata
1 h 36 min
Generi
Famiglia, Dramma
Regista
Saw Teong Hin

Cast

Curiosità

You Mean the World to Me is a 2017 Malaysian semi-autobiographical drama film directed and written by Saw Teong Hin, based on his stage play. The film, set in 1970s Penang, is the first Malaysian film that is entirely in Penang Hokkien. The film's Chinese name, 海墘新路, refers to a Hokkien nickname for Victoria Street in George Town, Penang.

Development

The film's script was written based on Saw's family history and his estranged relationship with his mother. After the script was finished, Saw had desires of turning it into a film but lacked enough money to do so. He presented the script to several parties who were interested in the project but they had conditioned that the film be made in Mandarin instead, to which Saw refused. Thus, he decided that the script be made into a stage play first.

The film's theme song, "感謝妳 (Kám-siā Lí/Kám-siā Lú)" was performed by Taiwanese singer Chao Chuan.

Leggi su Wikipedia · Testo da Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Dati da Wikidata.

Consigliati