12 Storeys

1997 Singaporean drama film May 2020 12 Storeys 12_storeys_poster.jpg French film poster Eric Khoo Brian Hong Eric Khoo James Toh Jack Neo Kevin Mathews Yoke Weng Ho Jasmine Ng Kin Kia yes 1997 6 12 105 minutes Singapore EnglishMandarin 12 Storeys (十二樓 or Shí'èr lóu in Mandarin) is a 1997 Singaporean drama film written and directed by Eric Khoo. It features an ensemble cast of Jack Neo, Koh Boon Pin and Quan Yi Fong. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4847/year/1997.html Festival de Cannes: 12 Storeys 25 September 2009 festival-cannes.com Plot The film follows a day in the lives of several households living within the same HDB block. A soup vendor called Ah Gu is having a hard time dealing with his Mainland Chinese wife, Lily. San San, an overweight loner, is haunted by her feelings of isolation and the memory of her deceased mother. Meng, Trixie and Tee are siblings left to their own devices when their parents go on holiday. Cast Jack Neo as Ah Gu2020-08-04 Grasping at Singaporean Malaise, ‘12 Storeys’ Is an Outstanding Family Drama Still Relevant 20 Years On https://www.sinema.sg/2020/08/04/12-storeys-review/ 2023-01-09 Sinema.SG en-GB 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 Spirit Roderick Lim as Tee Ronald Toh Chee Kong as Eddy Loy Lok Yee as Mother Tan Kheng Hua as Spirit's Mother Neo Swee Lin as Rachel Lim Kay Siu as Hawker Lim Kay Tong as Mark Reception Derek Elley of Variety wrote that the film's has "genuinely funny" moments, but its slow pacing "blunts the humor".https://variety.com/1997/film/reviews/12-storeys-1117341592/ Review: '12 Storeys' Elley Derek Variety 13 June 1997 2 April 2016 Time Out called it "witty and sophisticated stuff".http://www.timeout.com/london/film/12-storeys 12 Storeys Time Out 2 April 2016 Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that it "is widely regarded to have contributed to the revitalisation of local cinema".http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/diplomatic-missions-screening-singapore-films-in-cultural-push Diplomatic missions screening Singapore films in cultural push Heng Janice The Straits Times 21 December 2015 2 April 2016 References External links 0120116 12 Storeys 12 Storeys (1997) Category:1997 films Category:1997 comedy-drama films Category:Singaporean comedy-drama films Category:1997 English-language films Category:Films directed by Eric Khoo Category:English-language comedy-drama films Category:1990s Singaporean films