Tiong Bahru Social Club | |
---|---|
Directed by | Tan Bee Thiam |
Written by | Antti Toivonen, Tan Bee Thiam |
Starring |
|
Production companies | Tiger Tiger Pictures Bert Pictures 13 Little Pictures |
Distributed by | Golden Village Pictures |
Release dates |
|
Running time | 88 minutes |
Country | Singapore |
Languages | English (Some Mandarin, Hokkien, Cantonese, Malay, Tamil) |
Box office | S$108,774 [1] |
Tiong Bahru Social Club ( Chinese: 中峇鲁俱乐部) is a 2020 Singaporean satirical black comedy art film. The film tells the story of a simple man who accidentally becomes a happiness agent in an idyllic artificial intelligence cult-like community named Tiong Bahru Social Club, which aims to become the happiest neighbourhood in town.
It was released on 10 December 2020 in Singaporean cinemas. [2] [3]
After being fired from his job, 30-year-old Ah Bee then signs up as a young Happiness Agent with Tiong Bahru Social Club, an idealistic planned community project that provides to using data to build the happiest neighborhood in an aging Singaporean district. In this place where society has embraced artificial intelligence that will allow them to help people learn what to do based on big data, share their interactions to gain their social status, and even match their lovers. He moves into the communal house and finds himself in a strange cult of happiness and technology. He is now tasked with taking care of an elderly aunt, and he even meets up with a girl. Things seem to look brighter and better, but he soon realizes that something is going wrong. How will his story go? [4]
The film is Tan Bee Thiam's solo directorial debut. He previously co-directed local indie films Fundamentally Happy (2015) with Lei Yuan Bin, and produced Snakeskin (2015) and As You Were (2014). [6] [7]
The film served as the opening film at the 2020 Singapore International Film Festival on 26 November 2020. [8] [9]
The film was invited for a screening at the 20th New York Asian Film Festival. [10] It was featured in Uncaged Award for Best Feature Film Competition section and screened at Lincoln Center and SVA Theatre in the two-week festival held from 6 to 22 August 2021 in New York. [11] [12]
Tiong Bahru Social Club | |
---|---|
Directed by | Tan Bee Thiam |
Written by | Antti Toivonen, Tan Bee Thiam |
Starring |
|
Production companies | Tiger Tiger Pictures Bert Pictures 13 Little Pictures |
Distributed by | Golden Village Pictures |
Release dates |
|
Running time | 88 minutes |
Country | Singapore |
Languages | English (Some Mandarin, Hokkien, Cantonese, Malay, Tamil) |
Box office | S$108,774 [1] |
Tiong Bahru Social Club ( Chinese: 中峇鲁俱乐部) is a 2020 Singaporean satirical black comedy art film. The film tells the story of a simple man who accidentally becomes a happiness agent in an idyllic artificial intelligence cult-like community named Tiong Bahru Social Club, which aims to become the happiest neighbourhood in town.
It was released on 10 December 2020 in Singaporean cinemas. [2] [3]
After being fired from his job, 30-year-old Ah Bee then signs up as a young Happiness Agent with Tiong Bahru Social Club, an idealistic planned community project that provides to using data to build the happiest neighborhood in an aging Singaporean district. In this place where society has embraced artificial intelligence that will allow them to help people learn what to do based on big data, share their interactions to gain their social status, and even match their lovers. He moves into the communal house and finds himself in a strange cult of happiness and technology. He is now tasked with taking care of an elderly aunt, and he even meets up with a girl. Things seem to look brighter and better, but he soon realizes that something is going wrong. How will his story go? [4]
The film is Tan Bee Thiam's solo directorial debut. He previously co-directed local indie films Fundamentally Happy (2015) with Lei Yuan Bin, and produced Snakeskin (2015) and As You Were (2014). [6] [7]
The film served as the opening film at the 2020 Singapore International Film Festival on 26 November 2020. [8] [9]
The film was invited for a screening at the 20th New York Asian Film Festival. [10] It was featured in Uncaged Award for Best Feature Film Competition section and screened at Lincoln Center and SVA Theatre in the two-week festival held from 6 to 22 August 2021 in New York. [11] [12]