Sandcastle (Boo Junfeng, 2010) [Singapur]

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Título: Sandcastle Título V.O: 沙城 Director: Boo Junfeng Año/País: 2010 / Singapur Duración: 96 minutos Género: Drama Reparto: Joshua Tan, Elena Chia, Bobbi Chen, Ng Jing Jing, Samuel Chong, Andrew Seow Enlaces: Subs Ficha de: spindizzy

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En is your typical teenage boy; interested more in his computer than the family around him. But when he is forced to live with his grandparents for two weeks, he begins to recognize the importance of his family history. 

Through old letters, remnants of photo negatives saved from the aftermath of Singapore’s Chinese middle school riots of the 1950s, and stories from his grandfather, En is able to piece together his father’s past; a father he’s never really known. In En’s quest to discover the truth about his father’s political activist past, he also embarks on finding his own identity as a Chinese Singaporean today.

The parallel of social and personal memories are very central themes in Sandcastle. Director, Boo Junfeng’s inspiration to make his debut feature length film came from his own grandmother, who suffered from dementia. Boo wanted to show how this disease affected the family. Many of the scenes in the film between En and his grandmother actually stemmed from Boo’s own experiences. Those moments in particular were certainly hard to bear. The romantic sentiment for the past and the sense of loss is what makes this film work so well. Joshua Tan does a remarkable job as En in his first ever acting role.  He makes you believe with the certainty that family is everything. Be sure to bring tissue for this one.

Andrea Nene / tiff2010

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[Desártico]

Me ha pillado completamente desprevenido y me ha emocionado muchísimo desde su sencillez, su honestidad y su sinceridad. Es un drama lento y sutil, sin apenas sobresaltos pero que, acaso por eso mismo, cala muy hondo, o al menos así ha sido en mi caso. Una interpretación contenida y veraz del muchacho protagonista y una dirección sensible y hermosa redondean la historia. Un imprescindible para mí.