GEYLANG: Boi Kwong’s Brutal New Crime Noir Lands A First Trailer Ahead Of Rotterdam Premiere
Last month’s Golden Horse Awards ceremony in Taipei marked some of the first bit of movement we’d see for director Boi Kwong’s new crime thriller, Geylang, taking home a nomination for Best Action Choreography nodding Singapore’s own Sunny Pang in the process. The film will now have its European premiere next month during the 52nd International Film Festival Rotterdam which now lists its official trailer on its info page, along with some insight on the film courtesy of IFFR programmer, Fiona Armour: On the eve of a parliamentary nomination day in Singapore’s Geylang district, a cast of frenzied characters converge in the twists and turns of desperation, betrayal, love, hope, and greed. The players? Fatty, a pimp with an 80s mullet and a demented elderly father; Shangri-la, an alluring sex worker and her cigarette-selling boyfriend Jie; Celine, a women’s welfare lawyer and wife of a political candidate; and a mysterious, […]