What if suddenly the water supply runs dry in Singapore? This fusion of documentary and fiction narrative depicts the lives of foreign migrants as an impending water crisis begins to seep ... See full summary
Banjir kemarau (2009) Online
What if suddenly the water supply runs dry in Singapore? This fusion of documentary and fiction narrative depicts the lives of foreign migrants as an impending water crisis begins to seep into their lives. With water, or the lack of it, becoming the central motif, this two-part feature length film takes us on a journey across 8 interweaved stories and 10 languages, as the protagonists, consisting of non-professional actors, grapple with this hopefully temporary discomfort, amidst their dalliance with human foibles, and their fantasies of everlasting loves and broken romances. This aberration is a memento mori as the narratives grazed across the vague impressions of the racial tensions lingering past the 1997 riots in Indonesia, World War II, ritual beliefs, and ethnic discrimination in Southeast Asia which has been ingrained over generations and transported along with the migrant communities. Nonetheless, amidst the sporadic ventures into death and violence, sexual relations and ...
| Credited cast: | |||
 | Nathan Boenjamin | ||
| Consulta Gian Carlo | ||
| Rattanan Channoi | ||
| Gnes Christina | ||
| Teresa Cua | ||
| Shawn Kiyotaka Fukuzaki | ||
| Sanjay Gautam | ||
| Richel T. Hidalgo | ||
| Xiao Jing | ||
| Kim Yeon Jung | ||
| Shin Hye Jung | ||
| Sean Lee | ||
| Adelyn Leong | ||
| Giovanni Lombardo | ||
| Pacheun Maleipan |