Completed - ENGLISH, MANDARIN, CANTONESE, MALAYSIAN - Drama, Thriller, Historical
Year of production : 2014 Director(s) : Randy ANG Cast : Joanne PEH, Yu Wu QI, Deanna YUSOFF, James SEAH, Sezairi SEZALI, Mike KASEM, Kay Tong LIM
When a young Chinese girl was abducted, racial tensions escalated, and racial distrust erupted into violence, in the months leading up to the separation from Malaysia. '1965' is a dramatic thriller that uses a piece of Singapore history like never before. Telling engaging and touching stories of immigrants and natives during the time leading up to the independence of Singapore. The film portrays heightened human drama, shot in realistic camerawork that opens up to soak in the magnitude and scale of human history unraveling. The protagonists were a part of history in the making, caught up in the throes of everyday life, made impossibly difficult by a country in turmoil, a society divided by racial violence. They will become the pioneer generation who lived to see beyond the prejudice and fear of racial hatred and ultimately face the challenge of nation building - a mirror reflecting the fragility of racial harmony in our world today.
Country(ies) : SINGAPORE, INDONESIA