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Singapore Dreaming

Singapore Dreaming
Singapore Dreaming.jpg
Singapore Dreaming Promotional Poster
Simplified 美满人生
Mandarin Měimǎn Rénshēng
Directed by Woo Yen Yen
Colin Goh
Produced by Woo Yen Yen
Colin Goh
Woffles Wu
Written by Woo Yen Yen
Colin Goh
Starring Richard Low
Alice Lim
Serene Chen
Yeo Yann Yann
Lim Yu-Beng
Dick Su
Music by Sydney Tan
Cinematography Martina Radwan
Edited by Rachel Kittner
Release date
7 September 2006
Running time
105 min.
Country Singapore
Language English, Mandarin, Hokkien
Budget S$800 000

Singapore Dreaming (simplified Chinese: 美满人生; traditional Chinese: 美滿人生; pinyin: About this sound Měimǎn Rénshēng ) is a 2006 film set in Singapore. The film follows the Loh family, a typical Singaporean working-class family, through their aspirations for a better life and the harsh reality that makes it difficult for them to fulfill these aspirations. The film is inspired by a 2000 essay, Paved with Good Intentions, that the writers of the film had written for the Singapore International Foundation. A concatenation of e-mails Singaporeans sent to writers Colin Goh and Woo Yen Yen on their life stories in relation to the Singaporean dream eventually led them to write, produce and direct Singapore Dreaming. The film stars Richard Low as Poh Huat, Alice Lim as Siew Luan, Serene Chen as Irene, Yeo Yann Yann as Mei, Lim Yu-Beng as CK and Dick Su as Seng.

The film was theatrically released on 7 September 2006, and at one time ranked fifth on the Singapore box office. It won the Montblanc New Screenwriters Award at the 54th San Sebastián International Film Festival, and was the first Singaporean film to receive an IFFPA-recognised international feature film award. Owing to its nature as a Singapore-produced film, Singapore Dreaming received much attention from local viewers, film critics and public figures alike. It has received great praise from some local critics and public figures, most notably from S.R. Nathan, the President of Singapore.


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