Sandcastle | |
Native Name: | 沙城 |
Director: | Boo Junfeng |
Producer: | Fran Borgia Gary Goh |
Music: | Darren Ng |
Cinematography: | Sharon Loh |
Editing: | Natalie Soh |
Runtime: | 92 minutes |
Country: | Singapore |
Language: | Mandarin Chinese English Hokkien |
Sandcastle is a 2010 feature film by Singaporean director Boo Junfeng. It was the first Singaporean film to be screened at the Critics' Week at the Cannes Film Festival.[1] It won Best Feature Film and Best Director at the 1st Hanoi International Film Festival.
Just prior to 18-year-old En's mandatory enlistment into the Singaporean army, a series of events and disclosures threatens to alter his world view forever. The taste of his first romance, the death of his grandfather, his grandmother's worsening Alzheimer's disease, his schoolteacher mother's affair with an uptight military commander, and En's newfound awareness of his late father's student activist past all contribute to his decision to reevaluate the pieces of his life before they are erased by the tides of time.