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WET SEASON
As Mandarin-language teacher Ling continues with fruitless IVF treatment while taking care of her ailing father-in-law, she finds herself slowly drawn towards a promising student who seems to have been abandoned by his parents. Outside it’s monsoon season, but Ling’s inner turmoil looks set to get her into a heap of trouble. Director Anthony Chen brings this simmering Singapore-set drama to boiling point, whilst using an associative and poetic editing rhythm, repeating colors and shapes to highlight the small parallels that link people, and reveal the profound in lovely and subtle ways. With uniformly sensitive performances from the returning cast of Ilo Ilo, Chen’s Wet Season is the classy and well-measured teacher-student drama that will get you weeping this autumn.
“Suffused with love and humor, and directed with striking maturity and restraint” – Variety
“A welcome return to the world of cinema for one of Asia’s most talented young filmmakers”
– Film Inquiry
“A warm, enveloping blanket of compassion. The sweetness is simply overwhelming.”
– Slash Film
“Unfolds with an understanding and sensitivity that leaves a warm afterglow”
– Screen International
DIRECTOR:
Anthony Chen
WRITER:
Anthony Chen
PRODUCER:
CAST:
Country of Origin: Singapore, Taiwan
Format: DCP/2.39/Color
Sound Format: 5.1 Surround
Running Time: 103 minutes
Genre: Drama
Rating: Not Rated
In Mandarin and English with English Subtitles
