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6.5/10
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Director
  
Music director
  
Kevin Mathews

Duration
  

Language
  
English

6.6/10
IMDb


Genre
  
Comedy, Drama

Screenplay
  
Eric Khoo, James Toh

Country
  
Singapore

12 Storeys movie poster

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)

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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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Plot

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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

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  • Jack Neo as Ah Gu
  • Koh Boon Pin as Meng
  • Quan Yi Fong (credited as Chuang Yi Fong) as Lily
  • Lum May Yee as Trixie
  • Lucilla Teoh as San San
  • Ritz Lim as Tee
  • Roderick Lim
  • Ronald Toh Chee Kong
  • Loy Lok Yee
  • Neo Swee Lin
  • Lim Kay Siu as Hawker
  • Lim Kay Tong as Mark
  • Reception

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    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".

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    Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that it "is widely regarded to have contributed to the revitalisation of local cinema".

    References

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