Ten must-see movies for studying in Singapore.

? Does Singapore have its own movies? Many people may have seen this? Singapore movies? The first question that comes to mind.

? Hey, which Singapore movies have I seen? This may be the second question.

I have to admit that the influence of Singaporean films is not great, and there is still a gap with Hongkong, South Korea and Taiwan Province Province. The film industry in Singapore experienced the desert period from 1970 to 1990, and the Lee Kuan Yew government was indifferent to the film industry and strictly censored it. Since 1985, Singapore has experienced its first negative economic growth since independence. From 1986 to 1988, a large number of people emigrated overseas. Most of them have not lost confidence in the economy, but are uneasy about the oppression of the social environment. Since 1987, the Singapore International Film Festival has begun to encourage local filmmakers, and the government has also set up a film committee since 1998 to actively promote the film industry. After the 1990s, Singapore films were born again and grew slowly.

Here, 86 introduced 10 Singapore's local good films and film directors, through which we can understand the characteristics of Singapore society.

1. Children are not stupid, I am not stupid (2002)

Keywords: afraid of losing is afraid of losing

Director: Liang Zhiqiang Liang Zhiqiang

KIASU means fear of loss, and this word is often used in Singapore. Since primary school, Singapore has continuously divided children into different grades. The primary school examination will divide students into three classes with different grades: EM 1, EM2 and EM3. Singaporean society is dominated by Chinese, which values education and is afraid of losing it.

This film was the best-selling film in Singapore in 2002. Tears in laughter satirized the educational mentality of Chinese parents in Singapore with acrimony and humor.

Fear of losing, Singaporeans (fear of losing), parents try their best to make their children succeed, but children can only face the rules set by society again and again.

About Liang Zhiqiang: Liang Zhiqiang arranged the director, screenwriter, lyricist and composer of this film. Former Singaporean Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong commented on the film. I have seen that children are not stupid, and I can understand why they can touch the bitterness of many parents. My wife likes this movie very much. She watched it three times in a row. The National Day Medal should be awarded to Liang Zhiqiang. ? Liang Zhiqiang's box office appeal in Singapore is absolutely the first. Children Are Not Stupid, The True Story of Recruits and Not Enough Money have hit new highs in local movies. Liang Zhiqiang has made countless contributions to Singapore's entertainment circle. His achievements in TV variety shows and Singapore movies also won him the highest honor in the entertainment circle awarded by 1999 new media? Special achievement award? Praise his efforts.

2. The true story of recruits: Ah, boys versus men (20 12)

Keywords: national service

Director: Liang Zhiqiang

Singapore conscription system is a national service (NS) system in Singapore, which requires all male Singapore citizens and the second generation male permanent residents aged 18 to serve in the army for 22 to 24 months. The service unit includes one of Singapore Armed Forces, Singapore Police Force or Singapore Civil Defence Force (i.e. fire brigade).

This film introduces the training system, rank design and military service system of Singapore military camp. The film can also show the characteristics of many languages in Singapore: Minnan, Singlish, Malay, Taiwan Province Mandarin, Chaozhou dialect and so on.

The true stories of Recruit 1 and Recruit 2 are S $6214,285 and S $7,895,058, respectively, which won the first and second place at the box office in Singapore.

3. Parents are not at home ILO ILO (20 13)

Keywords: maid

Director: Anthony Chen

In Singapore, there are 1 households in every 6 households, so it is very common to ask maids to help with housework. It can be said that many local children spend a large part of their growth in the company of maids.

My parents are not at home tells the story of four ordinary people in an ordinary Singaporean family: naughty Le Jia, Filipino maid Terry, and parents under economic pressure. In my daily life, I have discussed several important topics: childhood growth, immigration, financial crisis and family relations. Based on director Anthony Chen's childhood experience, this film is full of memories and thanks to the maid.

? He pulls your heart effortlessly from beginning to end. Fresh, unpretentious, pure and touching, it is incomparable to the master. ? -Ang Lee

? Singapore celebrated the film throughout the country. Hope to inspire more Anthony Chen local filmmakers to insist on telling wonderful stories? -Lee Hsien Loong

About Anthony Chen: Singapore's most concerned young director and a rising star of Asian directors. He won the Golden Camera Award, Best New Director Award, Best Screenplay Award, Best Drama Award and many other awards at the 66th Cannes Film Festival with My Parents Are Away.

4.4: 30 (2005)

Keywords: loneliness

Director: Royston Tan royston Tan

Many people leave Singapore, thinking that Singapore is too pragmatic, utilitarian and impersonal, and it is easy to draw a clear line in life, which makes people feel lonely living here.

4: 30 explores the loneliness in life in Singapore. 1 1 year-old pupils go to the Korean guest room at 4: 30 in the morning to spy on the loneliness in the same life. There is little dialogue in the film, but the lonely voice is very loud.

About Royston Tan: Royston Tan can be regarded as a Singaporean film geek. The street boy he directed in 15 has tattoos, gangs and bleeding, which is rare in Singapore, but it is very real. The musical 88 1 Papaya Sisters became the highest-grossing film in Singapore in 2007 (S $3.54 million).

5. Stay with me. Stay with me (2005)

Keywords: love is not easy

Director: Qiu Jinhai

The marriage rate in Singapore has been declining in recent years, and the divorce rate has also increased slightly. Singaporeans don't have the traditional ideas of the previous generation. Coupled with higher education and the pursuit of career, the marriage rate has declined.

This film has three independent stories, all about love, either hot or dull, or humble and confused. Love can exist in any form. There is not much dialogue in the whole film, but it is full of profound meaning. The story is based on Teresa, a real blind and deaf teacher in Singapore, and explains modern people's view of love. Hou Hsiao-hsien praised the film and said: I think one day the film should be made like this: it's easy and simple, and everyone can watch it, but only those who watch it deeply can watch it very deeply. This silent Singapore film has undoubtedly reached this level. ? In this noisy and utilitarian city of Singapore, there is a lot of capital and manpower flowing, and Qiu Jinhai's story is full of hope for love and silence.

About Qiu Jinhai: Qiu Jinhai is a pioneer of Singapore films. 1995' s Thin-faced Guy was widely praised for exploring the lives of the bottom people, which opened the door for Singapore films to go global. 1997' s second film, Floor 12, is the first Singaporean film to win the Cannes Film Festival. His father was named the richest man in Singapore by Forbes, but Qiu Jinhai gave up inheriting his father's business and became a director instead.

6. 12 Floor 12 Floor (1997)

Keywords: HDB

Director: Qiu Jinhai

Lee Kuan Yew's slogan in 1964 is to realize Singaporeans? Home ownership? . Now more than 80% Singaporeans live in government apartments. June 2008, Singapore? Home ownership? The plan won the United Nations? Public service award? .

12 Floor outlines the life style of the whole bottom society in Singapore through several families in an HDB building, making people feel the bitterness behind Singapore's glamorous society. The old woman who scolded her adopted daughter every day complained that her adopted daughter was not growing up before she died. When the old woman died, she usually knelt down in silence and cried for her. Lily, a China bride who immigrated to Singapore, is full of dreams. After coming to Singapore, she was bound by all kinds of things, and she was materialistic and unrestrained, which made her husband in Singapore feel very uncomfortable. Parents are not at home, and my brother Meng has to take care of his naughty sister and his younger brother who hates reading. There are constant contradictions. This film is a ukiyo-e painting of Singapore.

7. Shacheng Sandcastle (20 10)

Keywords: looking for history

Director: Wu Junfeng Bujunfeng

Singapore? Small? Small place and few resources; Singapore? Young? It was not until 1965 that it became independent from Malaya and established the Republic of Singapore. A small and young country has its advantages and does not have many burdens. Only by continuous reform and innovation can it develop better, so the burden is small and it develops rapidly. But also because of youth, history is not so heavy, and the centripetal force for the country is not big enough. Singapore is also slowly trying to shape its identity and record its historical traces.

Just like the movie title, Singapore is like a sand city, unable to find its foundation and afraid of losing it. In the film, 18-year-old En, faced with the sudden death of her grandfather, her grandmother's dementia and her mother's affair with an officer, discovered the past after her father's death. But the stories behind these stories are unfamiliar to En, who is 18 years old. Without the bond of memory, the family is like a sand city, which may be washed away by the sea. En gradually learned about his parents' feelings and family background through slow exploration. The history that will not be forgotten has endowed the present with massiness. The historical memory of a small state-owned country also has roots rooted in the soil, like a sand city, close to the sea, but it will not collapse.

8. Casuarina Bay Jungle Bay (2009)

Keywords: homosexuality

Director: Wu Junfeng Bujunfeng

Singapore's laws (Article 377A of the Criminal Code) stipulate that only heterosexual and homosexual sex between women are legal, but homosexual sex between men is considered illegal, and the maximum penalty is two years' imprisonment. Nevertheless, Singapore held several pro-gay rallies, such as the LGBT rally in Hong Lim Park on 20 14? Pink dots? 26,000 people, for a small country with a population of just over 5 million, is a big party.

The scene of pink dots in 20 14

This short film "Jungle Bay" is based on a real event that happened in 1993. At that time, gay men in Singapore often visited Tanjung Bulu to find same-sex partners. The local police station sent handsome policemen to arrest them by pretending to be gay. In this way, the police arrested twelve people in Jungle Bay. Most of them were sentenced to two to six months' imprisonment after being charged.

About Wu Junfeng: Wu Junfeng is a cutting-edge director of Singapore's younger generation. The theme of homosexuality is very prominent in his films, which are both involved in Fogg in Kadong and Family Portrait.

9. My days in the government department are to act according to the law (2007)

Keywords: government departments

Director: Liang Zhiqiang Liang Zhiqiang

Singapore government is famous for its high efficiency and honesty, and its public service management is widely praised. This comedy satirizes the life of civil servants, who lack flexibility and follow the rules of many government departments. The lines in this film are also very lively and interesting. Those can? T show, please hide; Those can? T hide, please throw; Those can? Don't hide, okay? Don't throw it, please put it outside? (hide what you can't show, throw away what you can't hide and put it somewhere else), government departments always come to 3 I and 5 E. Innovation, initiative and fun Efficiency, effectiveness, expressiveness, enthusiasm and excellence? .

10. Happy Factory (2007)

Keywords: Leilong Red Light District

Director: Ekachai Uekrongtham Ekachai Uekrongtham

In addition to the high-rise buildings in the financial district, there are also legal geysers in the red light district of Singapore, except for the Marina Bay Garden. There are all kinds of restaurants and bars in the bud cage, and sex shops can be seen everywhere. Sex workers in the red light district are clearly priced. Although there is government management, there are also some illegal sex workers working here. "Happy Factory" takes the bud cage as the center and describes the living conditions of all kinds of characters in the bud cage: the mother of a middle-aged sex worker found that her daughter was also receiving customers, knocked the customers out and took her daughter to the night market for dinner; The young soldier lost his virginity at the instigation of his friend; Young sex workers bring handsome singers to their homes and do nothing but listen to songs together. The world is complex, and there is also peace and stability. Unfortunately, this film was banned by the Singapore Film Bureau.

About Ekachai Uekrongtham: He directed the stage play Chang Yu Ying, which was widely praised. After switching to making movies, he filmed "The Boxer of Destiny", which tells about the world of transgender people and has also been a box office success.

Although Singapore film has not yet formed a distinctive style, it is a part of Singapore's national centripetal force, a symbol of cultural innovation and one of the ways to understand Singapore society. Please come and watch these movies when you are free. Poor Singlish, grounded food streets, streets in bud cages and street seats are all kind reminders of your daily life. I believe you won't be disappointed.