These films tell us: Why are most Singaporean films related to family and education?
<h1>"Mom and Dad Are Not Home"</h1>
An ordinary family in the 1997 Asian financial crisis of sorrow and joy. Singaporean post-80s director Chen Zheyi is based on his own real life experience.
The home music, which was ignored by his parents, was mischievous and mischievous, and was regarded as a headache by the school. His parents were too busy with work to help take care of Knorr. Knorr and Nanny Terry go from strangeness to exclusion, conflict, and then gradually develop deep feelings. Just when everyone was happy, the financial turmoil of 1997 affected the country and changed the family.
The film depicts the spiritual communication between people through a large number of lenses, and explores family ethics in detail. Under the grand social background, focus on observing the growth of a child, the reorganization of a family, and the small fragments of a society. Although depressed and helpless, but not sad, in the desperate situation to find optimism and hope, the film is full of all kinds of small humor and human touch.
<h1>Run! Kids"</h1>
Wanting to give her sister a gift, Ah Kun decides to compete in an off-road race to get that pair of beautiful shoes as a prize.
Friends who have seen the Iranian movie "Little Shoes" can immediately think of "Run! "Kids" is adapted from "Little Shoes". The director changed the setting of the story to 1965, a turbulent Singapore before and after independence. This article is the original release of "Elephant Watching Drama". What he sees elsewhere will be a theft. Please report it!
Although the film alludes to Singapore's political and diplomatic situation after independence in many places, it is mainly about the simplest love between children. Because there is love, there is a lofty goal; because there is love, we will work hard; because there is love, life is full of warmth and warmth.
<h1>The Twelfth Floor</h1>
A few ordinary families living in government hdbs: an old woman who scolds her adopted daughter every day, San San, who is usually reticent, Lily, a Chinese bride who immigrated to Singapore, meng, an older brother who has to take care of her naughty younger siblings... Their little bits and pieces of life and bitter taste constitute the main body of the film.
The events are very messy, and there is basically no storyline. The director's treatment in this way is to restore the original appearance of the daily life of the lower classes of Singapore in the most authentic way, expressing the irony and reflection on this seemingly well-regulated garden country. The film is a Singaporean ukiyo-e.
<h1>"Kids Aren't Stupid"</h1>
Since primary school, Singapore has been dividing different grades according to the performance of students and constantly dividing them. EM1 stands for optimal (smart), EM2 means moderate (moderate), and EM3 means bottom (stupid).
Terry, Wenfu and Guobin are three students enrolled in em3 courses, and although their three families are inextricably linked, they are not very friendly with each other. However, they were very dissatisfied with the division of ranks, and the three children began a fierce rebellion with similar intentions. With the encouragement of the new teacher, all three realized that they were not worse than others, and the three families saw the true feelings of each other in the common suffering.
A film that exposes the deformed education system most directly, explores the education system, family relations and parent-child communication, in-depth and simple, laughing and scolding, sad and happy, love and hate, touching.
As we all know, Singapore is a diverse country, inclusive and the film is very good. Many of Singapore's films are about family and education, and they are rich in content and have deep themes. Funny at the same time, but also reflects a lot of educational problems.
Singaporean films are mostly related to education, which shows that the whole society attaches great importance to education. As a developed country, Singapore is small, but it is worth learning from in many aspects such as economy, culture and education. 【Elephant Watching Drama】Let's make the entertainment more valuable*.* Let's come together!