Cages
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Graham Streeter
Tan Kheng Hua
Manju Asrani
Zelda Rubinstein
Mako Iwamatsu
Dickson Tan
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
After a fall-out with her recent boyfriend Ethan, Ali a single mother finds herself broke, desperate and homeless. In effort to care for her blind son Jonah, She reluctantly seeks out the only living relative she knows, her father Tan. To earn enough money to be on her own she accepts a job in her father's bird shop, but not without the resistance of the shop's manager Liz, a manipulative and protective middle-aged British woman. While Liz and Ali clash at every glance, Tan begins to bond with his new grandson, teaching him about the beauty of Singapore's traditional songbird culture. For the first time, Jonah crawls out of his shell and finds a connection with the outside world, drawing him further from his mother's hold, and deeper into Tan's world. Ali's soon finds herself caught in a double-edged scenario, as she realizes her father has a powerful and profound effect on her son. After great deliberation, Ali decides to let Tan and Jonah bond, but just as she feared, Tan mysteriously becomes cold and distant. As a result, Ali's feelings of childhood rejection resurface, sending her into a quest for the truth of their past. But the truth is not always easy to face, as her father's explanation of why he left the family is revealed; a dark secret of 20 years past is exposed, changing Ali's view on life forever.
