Tiong Bahru Social Club (2020)

Directed by

Bee Thiam Tan

Genre

black comedy film

Country

Singapore

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

NC16

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A simple man stumbles into a job as a happiness agent in a Singapore neighborhood run by an AI cult. The community uses big data to make everyone joyful, but the system has a strange and controlling side.

satiricaldarkly comicquirkydystopianunnervingwhimsicalabsurdcerebral

What happens

Tiong Bahru Social Club (Chinese: 中峇鲁俱乐部) is a 2020 Singaporean satirical black comedy art film. The film tells the story of a simple everyman who accidentally becomes a happiness agent in Tiong Bahru Social Club, an idyllic artificial intelligence cult-like community dedicated to bringing joy and happiness by using big data which aims to become the happiest neighborhood in town. It was released on 10 December 2020 in Singaporean cinemas. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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