Stranger Eyes It is the first film of Singapore to attend the Show from Venice, and suspense police led by Yeo Siew Huawhich proposes a complex reflection on voyeurism, surveillance cameras and family life.
The movie It begins with the disappearance of a little girl in a park in Singapore. Her parents search desperately for her with the help of the grandmother who lives with them, without success.
One day they start receiving recordings of them in their apartment, in their daily life. And although the police quickly close in on the fishbone that he was spying on them, the truth is more complex than it seems.
“This film has several layers, all related to the act of looking and being looked at. Perhaps nowadays we just slide finger on a screen, instead of looking at someone closely. And maybe we should do that,” said the filmmaker who won the award for best film at the 2018 Berlinale festival in a press conference. Locarno con A Land Imagined.
Stranger Eyes It is played by two well-known Taiwanese actors, Anicca Panna and Wu Chien-Ho.
They both search the streets of the neighborhood to try to find clues about their daughter, but they soon realize that they have an ally who is also a trap:surveillance cameras.
“I draw inspiration from my daily life in Singapore, which is quite a dense city. Like in the movie, we live in these skyscrapers full of apartments, all glued to each other. When I open the window I see my neighbors, I know their routines, and I assume they know mine,” he concluded.
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2024-09-10 13:55:34