Acting
Digging deep into the underbelly of familiar neighborhoods in Singapore to shine a light on a side of the island that is rarely seen, this series of short stories reveals the fascinating perspectives of several marginalized, alienated characters who live within the same public housing estate.
Returning home from her mother's (Ah Ma) funeral, Ling is startled by her daughter's (Hui Xuan) claims that Ah Ma has visited Hui Xuan in a dream the prior night, and also that a stray and stationary moth on their dining table might be the reincarnation of Ah Ma. Unable to reconcile her beliefs and grief, Ling tries to force and persuade Hui Xuan to conform, to which her daughter resists adamantly. In a fit of anger, Ling attempts to kill the moth to win the argument but hesitates when the moth lands next to the cross on the door.
Pin pin tells a day of her life in the kampong. One of the many that will soon remain only as a memory.
When a young, ambitious teacher presses for the truth from a maladjusted student, the act leads to devastating results and they suffer the ignominy of losing everything that matters to them.
An expressionless zombie allows a free-spirited female ghost to possess him so she can use his body to enter a male beauty pageant.
A little girl's parents have to go overseas for work, so she is sent to stay with her grandmother for that period. The grandmother only speaks Teochew, which the little girl can neither speak not understand, so the initial generational and linguistic gaps result in friction and misunderstanding, until an accident unexpectedly brings the whole extended family closer together, and the child bonds with both her grandmother and her parents.
As a breast cancer diagnosis shatters a woman’s life, an encounter with a stranger has a ripple effect on both their lives.
When their family reaches its breaking point, 8 and 4 year old sisters Aster and Jasmine find themselves forced to protect each other from the harsh reality of their parents looming divorce.
Boon moonlights by disposing bodies for a syndicate in Singapore. While Boon is aware that this is illegal, he takes comfort in knowing that the bodies are being "sent off" as right a way as possible by conducting funeral rites for them. However, Boon starts to question his actions when it hits a little too close to home.
