The read
It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
Set in Singapore in 1979, A Year Of No Significance chronicles the gradual disintegration of a middle-aged architect as changes rock the 45th year of his life. Sidelined in the office because of his inability to speak English, Lim Cheng Soon is cut further adrift when his wife leaves him inexplicably one day. His elderly father moves in, forcing him to confront the fact that the former has always preferred his younger brother. Robbed of his identities as architect, husband and son, Cheng Soon struggles in the dusk of his life, raging against the dying light.
Ratings
TMDB7/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Kelvin TongDirector
- Kelvin TongScreenplay
- Joe NgOriginal Music Composer
- Ting Si HaoOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Peter YuLim Cheng Soon
- Johnson ChooLim Cheng Boon
- Tan Tiow-ImCast
- Mandy ChenCast
- Naomi YeoCast
- Lim Zong KeiJia Cheng
- Scott TangJia Sheng
- En Jye ChueBee Hian
- Mike ChuahContractor Wong
- Annadurai MuthusamyConstruction Worker
- Chuan Boon LohConstruction Worker
- Amar Asynawie Bin IshakConstruction Worker
Themes
1970ssingaporearchitectlanguage barrier