7 Letters
Film poster
Directed by
Written by
  • Eric Khoo
  • Boo Junfeng
  • Jack Neo
  • Ivan Ho
  • Kelvin Tong
  • K Rajagopal
  • Tan Pin Pin
  • Royston Tan
Produced byKaren Khoo-Toohey
CinematographyMichael Zaw (segment "GPS (Grandma Positioning System)")
Hideoho Urata (segment "Parting" and "The Flame")
Brian McDairmant (segment "Pineapple Town")
Alan Yap (segment "Bunga Sayang")
Harris Hue (segment "That Girl")
Edited byYim Mun Chong (segment "GPS (Grandma Positioning System)")
Christopher Datugan (segment "GPS (Grandma Positioning System)")
Tammy Quah (segment "Bunga Sayang")
Fran Borgia (segment "The Flame")
Brian Gothong Tan (segment "Cinema")
Music byRicky Ho
Ting Si Hao and Joe Ng (segment "GPS (Grandma Positioning System)")
Matt Kelly (segment "Parting")
Dick Lee (segment "Bunga Sayang")
Production
company
Chuan Pictures
Distributed byGolden Village Pictures
Release date
  • 24 July 2015 (2015-07-24)
Running time
116 minutes
CountrySingapore
LanguagesMalay
Hokkien
Mandarin
Tamil
English
Box officeUS$$232,027 (Singapore)[1]

7 Letters is a 2015 Singaporean anthology drama film directed by seven different directors. It comprises seven short stories celebrating Singapore's 50th anniversary.[2] The film was selected as the Singaporean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.[3]

Cast

"Cinema"

"That Girl"

"The Flame"

"Bunga Sayang"

"Pineapple Town"

"Parting"

"GPS (Grandma Positioning System)"

Source :[4]

Reception

Maggie Lee of Variety called the film "uneven but mostly poignant".[4] Joanne Soh of The New Paper rated it 4/5 stars and wrote that it "truly is a passion project that will strike a chord with the older generation".[5] John Lui of My Paper rated it 4.5/5 stars and wrote that the film's quality is good enough to call for a reassessment of assumptions about government-funded art.[6]

Time Out Singapore selected it as the best Singaporean film of 2015.[7]

Controversy

In January 2016, the film was flagged by Malaysian censors before it was due to screen at the Titian Budaya Festival. A successful appeal was made by the organiser, CultureLink, against the cuts for the vulgar phrase in Cantonese, "curse your whole family", in Jack Neo’s segment of the omnibus.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "7 Letters". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  2. ^ Chan, Boon (8 October 2015). "One film for Singapore's 50th year from seven top local directors, including Eric Khoo and Jack Neo". Straits Times. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  3. ^ Chan, Boon (8 October 2015). "7 Letters is Singapore's entry to the Oscars in the Best Foreign Language Film category". Straits Times. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  4. ^ a b Lee, Maggie (30 September 2015). "Film Review: '7 Letters'". Variety. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  5. ^ Soh, Joanne (5 August 2015). "7 Letters (PG)". The New Paper. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  6. ^ Lui, John (23 July 2015). "7 beautiful stories, 1 little red dot". My Paper. Archived from the original on 4 August 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  7. ^ Lee, Benita; Pew, Gwen (25 November 2015). "Best of the arts 2015". Time Out. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  8. ^ Chua, Genevieve (4 January 2016). "Malaysian censors take issue with Singapore films". MediaCorp. TODAY. Retrieved 6 January 2016.

External links

Films directed by Boo Junfeng
Films directed by Eric Khoo
Films by Jack Neo
Films directed by Kelvin Tong
Films directed by K. Rajagopal
Singaporean submissions for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
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