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12 Storeys

12 Storeys

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 12, 1997

Runtime

1h 45m

Genres

Comedy, Drama

User Score

54%

Original Title

十二楼

Director

Eric Khoo

Description

The film depicts 24 hours in a HDB block of residential flats in Singapore. There are three main storylines. San San, fat, silent, and alone, hears the ghost of her mother constantly upbraid her. Ah Gu, a tofu soup vendor, is at odds with Lily, his materialistic immigrant wife, who longs for something he cannot provide. Meng spouts every moralistic bromide of the striving middle class, but is unhinged by his teenage sister May ("Trixie" to her boyfriend) who won't study, parties all night, and seems doomed by youth culture.