Be with Me (2005)

Directed by

Eric Khoo

Genre

LGBTQ-related film

Country

Singapore

Runtime

1h 33m

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 36 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a film about love and loneliness. It follows a deafblind teacher and also shows a lesbian couple. The film has very little dialogue.

quietmeditativemelancholictenderrestrainedslow-pacedemotional

What happens

Be with Me is a 2005 Singaporean drama film directed by Eric Khoo. The film is inspired by the life of deafblind teacher Theresa Poh Lin Chan. It premiered as the Director's Fortnight selection in the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. It was also the official entry from Singapore for the 78th Academy Awards in the foreign language category. In December 2005, the academy body disqualified the film on grounds that the dialogue is mainly in English. Out of 93 minutes, the film only has two and a half minutes of dialogue. Be with Me is the first film in Singapore to explicitly feature a lesbian relationship. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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