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Perth (2005)

Director: Djinn

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From Time Out London

Schizophrenic drama featuring a fine performance from Kay Tong Lim as the dismissed dockyard security guard with dreams of emigrating to Austrlia whose alienation slowly converts his violent fantasies into real aggression. Writer-director Djinn takes his cue from the American indie scene with often impressive results: his lets his characters breathe and has a keen eye for faces and the Singaporean lowlife milieu, but the whole is too derivative, morally confused and finally just plain offensive.

Author: WH 2005-09-06 12:13:38

Time Out London Issue 1829: September 7-14 2005

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Cast & crew

Director: Djinn

Cast: A Panneeirchelvam, Qiu Lian Liu, Djinn, Kay Tong Lim

Genre(s): Drama

Duration: 106 mins


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