To Singapore, with Love (2013)

Original title

星国恋

Directed by

Tan Pin Pin

Genre

documentary

Country

Singapore

Runtime

1h 10m

Rated

15

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary interviews nine former political exiles from Singapore who left the country between the 1960s and 1980s. They share their personal stories and memories of why they fled and what they left behind.

melancholicnostalgicreflectivesomberpersonalquietbittersweetcontemplative

What happens

To Singapore, With Love is a 2013 Singaporean documentary film written and directed by Tan Pin Pin. It features interviews with nine Singaporean political dissidents, former activists, and student leaders who fled Singapore from the 1960s to 1980s, living in exile. It is banned in Singapore. To Singapore, With Love won Tan the best director award in the Muhr AsiaAfrica Documentary section at 10th Dubai International Film Festival and the Best Asean Documentary at the Salaya International Documentary Festival. It was shown at various film festivals at Malaysia, South Korea, Britain, Germany, Brazil, and the United States. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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