Be with Me
Be with Me is a 2005 Singaporean drama film directed by Eric Khoo. The film is inspired by the life of deaf-and-blind teacher Theresa Poh Lin Chan. It premiered as the Director's Fortnight selection in the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. It was also the official entry from Singapore for the 78th Academy Awards in the foreign language category. In December 2005, the Academy body disqualified the film on grounds that the dialogue is mainly in English.[1] Out of 93 minutes, the film only has two and a half minutes of dialogue.
| Be with Me | |
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| Directed by | Eric Khoo |
| Produced by | Brian Hong |
| Written by | Theresa Poh Lin Chan Eric Khoo Wong Kim Hoh |
| Starring | Theresa Poh Lin Chan Samantha Tan Ezann Lee Seet Keng Yew |
| Music by | Kevin Mathews Christine Sham |
| Cinematography | Adrian Tan |
| Edited by | Low Hwee-Ling |
Production company | Zhao Wei Films |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. (USA) Peccadillo Pictures (UK) |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | Singapore |
| Language | Cantonese, English, Hokkien, Mandarin |
Be with Me is the first film in Singapore to explicitly feature a lesbian relationship.
Cast
- Ng Sway Ah as Father
- Sanwan Bin Rais as Security Supervisor
- Theresa Poh Lin Chan as Herself
- John Cheong Puk Fai as Sam's father
- Elizabeth Choy as Herself
- Leong Kooi Eng as Mother
- Lim Poey Huang as Jackie's mother
- Seet Keng Yew as Fatty Koh
- Shaun Koh as Sam's brother
- Ezann Lee as Jackie
- Poh Huat Lim as Brother
- Sherry Lim as Sam's mother
- Toh Cheng Onn as Neighbour
- Lynn Poh as Ann
- Chiew Sung Ching as Shopkeeper
- Jason Tan as Brian
- Royston Tan
- Samantha Tan as Sam
- Maximilan Wong as Neighbour's son
- Lawrence Yong
References
- "Foreign Film Barred from Oscars", BBC News, BBC, December 23, 2005, retrieved April 8, 2012
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