12 Storeys
7 /10 1 Votes
6.5/10 Letterboxd Music director Kevin Mathews Duration Language English | 6.6/10 IMDb 78% Rotten Tomatoes Genre Comedy, Drama Screenplay Eric Khoo, James Toh Country Singapore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 12 June 1997 (1997-06-12) Writer Eric Khoo, James Toh Cast (Ah Gu), Boon Pin Koh (Meng), Yi Fong Chuang (Lily), May Yee Lum (Trixie), Lucilla Teoh (San San), Ritz Lim (Tee)Similar movies King Rat , The Tattooist , Paradise Road , Ah Boys to Men 3 Frogmen , Dahdi , Ah Boys To Men (Part 1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 storeys
12 Storeys (十二樓 or Shí'èr lóu in Mandarin) is a 1997 Singaporean drama film directed by Eric Khoo. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.
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12 storeys theme
Plot
The film focuses on the troubled lives of several people living in the same building. A soup vendor called Ah Gu is having a hard time dealing with his money-hungry wife, Lily. Nearby, young children are forced to raise their even younger siblings due to parental neglect.
Cast
Reception
Derek Elley of Variety wrote that the film's has "genuinely funny" moments, but its slow pacing "blunts the humor". Time Out called it "witty and sophisticated stuff".
Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that it "is widely regarded to have contributed to the revitalisation of local cinema".
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