Mei Man Ren Sheng


1h 45m 2006

Brief Synopsis

Heavily in debt, patriarch Loh Poh Huat can't help but feel bitter irony whenever he has to perform his job as a lawyer's clerk, seizing goods from the homes of credit card debtors. At the end of his career, and frustrated by the gulf between his middle class dreams and his working class reality, he

Film Details

Also Known As
Singapore Dreaming
Genre
Drama
Family
Foreign
Release Date
2006
Production Company
5c Films; 5c Films
Distribution Company
Golden Village

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 45m

Synopsis

Heavily in debt, patriarch Loh Poh Huat can't help but feel bitter irony whenever he has to perform his job as a lawyer's clerk, seizing goods from the homes of credit card debtors. At the end of his career, and frustrated by the gulf between his middle class dreams and his working class reality, he takes his feelings of failure and envy out on his family. So when Poh Huat suddenly wins two million dollars in the lottery, the Lohs start believing that maybe this windfall will deliver them from their struggles. But something happens which pitches the family into a battle where the stakes are the very meaning of life itself.

Film Details

Also Known As
Singapore Dreaming
Genre
Drama
Family
Foreign
Release Date
2006
Production Company
5c Films; 5c Films
Distribution Company
Golden Village

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 45m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Winner of the Montblanc Award for New Screenwriters at the 2006 San Sebastian Film Festival.

Released in Singapore September 7, 2006

Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (New Directors) April 26-May 10, 2007.

Shown at San Sebastian Film Festival (Zabaltegi/New Director) September 21-30, 2006.

color

Dolby Digital

dialogue Mandarin, English and Hokkien

Released in Singapore September 7, 2006