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Letters from the South

Letters from the South (南方来信)

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  • Myanmar (Burma),
  • Singapore,
  • Thailand,
  • Malaysia,
  • China
  • 2013
  • · 105m

Directors Tsai Ming-liang, Royston Tan, Aditya Assarat, Midi Z, Tan Chui Mui, Sun Koh
Cast Lee Kang-Sheng, Huang Lu, Serene Chen, Elena Chia, Alvin Chiam
Genre Drama

In this omnibus film, six directors from the region each reflect on the Chinese diaspora. Thai filmmaker Aditya Assarat describes a meeting in Thailand between Paula and her friends, who have Chinese roots, with her cousin Mumu, who was born in China; Royston Tan from Singapore tells of the special meaning that making the traditional Popiah dish has for a Chinese family; Midi Zhao from Myanmar follows the death of a grandfather surrounded by Chinese customs in a village in Myanmar; Sun Koh from Singapore makes a small-scale comedy about the commercialisation of the local radio station, influenced by mainland China; Tan Chui Mui from Malaysia composes a poetic, visual reflection on being an outsider and wandering; and Tsai Ming-liang, also born in Malaysia, observes the seventh-storey apartment in which he grew up as a child.

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