My Love Sinema

My Love Sinema (Chinese: 放映爱), is a 2016 Singaporean drama film directed by Tan Ai Leng.[1][2][3] The film is set in the 1950s, and later transitions to modern day.[4][5]

My Love Sinema
Directed byTan Ai Leng
Produced byIrene Ang
Starring
Production
company
FLY Entertainment
Release date
8 September 2016
Running time
92 minutes
CountrySingapore
LanguageMandarin
Budget$1.5 million

Plot

Twenty-year-old Kheong moves from a Malay kampung to Singapore to train as a film projectionist. There, he meets Wei, a young Chinese teacher and a leftist radical. He soon falls in love with her.

Cast

Release

The film was originally meant to be released on 29 August 2016.[9] The film released in theatres in Singapore on 8 September.[10] It was also screened in Japan on 8 September.[11] The film was released in theatres in Japan on 8 September.[12]

Reception

John Lui of The Straits Times rated the film two-and-a-half stars out of five, praising the part of the film set in the 1950s, while criticising the third act, writing "In a third-act blunder, the movie lurches forward in time to a mind-numbingly hysterical set of events in the present day, filled with silly coincidences and overstuffed bits in which as many actors as possible say as many lines as possible."[13] Luo Yingling rated the film two stars out of five, criticising the acting.[14]

References
  1. 陈韵红 (25 November 2015). "台湾打天下辛苦坎坷 王建复羡慕本地艺人". Lianhe Wanbao. Singapore.
  2. 陈韵红 (13 September 2016). "本地电影 《放映爱》5天票房8万". Lianhe Wanbao. Singapore.
  3. 陈韵红 (4 August 2016). "本土片《放映·爱》 洪爱玲 掏尽35万积蓄拍文艺片". Lianhe Wanbao. Singapore.
  4. 罗瑱玲 (8 November 2015). "拍新片《放映·爱》 张智扬首当男主角 阳刚汉变温柔男". Shin Min Daily News. Singapore.
  5. 李亦筠 (9 November 2015). "洪爱玲新片《放映·爱》 摩登张智扬变迷糊甘榜仔". Lianhe Zaobao. Singapore.
  6. Lee, Gwendolyn (24 August 2016). "My Love Sinema stars Tosh and Cheryl Wee find a common love ... for food". today. Singapore. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  7. 陈韵红 (17 August 2016). "张智扬为《放》哭成泪人". My Paper. Singapore.
  8. "张智扬自称非浪漫型". Lianhe Zaobao. Singapore. 3 September 2016.
  9. 陈韵红 (5 August 2016). "掏老本拍文艺电影 洪爱玲只盼不亏钱". My Paper. Singapore.
  10. Low, Tracy (3 September 2016). "Unplanned kiss just felt right". The New Paper. Singapore.
  11. "《放映爱》电影海报 浓浓'古早味'". Lianhe Wanbao. Singapore. 6 August 2016.
  12. 李亦筠 (3 September 2016). "洪爱玲加入 "为电影卖房子"行列". Lianhe Zaobao. Singapore.
  13. Lui, John (8 September 2016). "Kampung boy meets city girl in awkward romance". The Straits Times. Singapore.
  14. 罗瑱玲 (8 September 2016). "甘榜小子恋上才女". My Paper. Singapore.
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