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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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