| My Love Sinema | |
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| Studio: | FLY Entertainment |
| Director: | Tan Ai Leng |
| Producer: | Irene Ang |
| Runtime: | 92 minutes |
| Country: | Singapore |
| Language: | Mandarin |
| Budget: | $1.5 million |
My Love Sinema, 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]
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.
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]
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]