Songs of the East
Combined programme
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IFFR 2008
Three modern approaches to occasionally age-old Asian traditions. Behind the scenes of an old Hokkien opera company (Royston Tan), a mother/daughter drama behind the stage of the Cantonese opera (Yan Yan Mak) and a sensitive look at the old country of Vietnam as it renews itself (Christelle Lheureux).
In this combined programme
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The Scarlet Robe
A love hate relationship between a mother and a daughter who both star in the traditional Cantonese opera. But starring isn’t enough. -
Sin Sai Hong
A glimpse behind the scenes of the Sin Sai Hong opera group in Singapore. Aside by the maker of the more excessive 881. -
Water Buffalo
Evocative picture of today’s Vietnam. The country that is modernising rapidly, but has too much past to lose sight of it entirely.