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Eating Air

 

 

Directed by Kelvin Tong Weng Kian

Singapore 2000 / Drama / 90 min / Color / Dolby 5.1 / 1.85: 1  widescreen Anamorphic / PAL /  In Chinese with Optional English and Chinese Subtitles

Benjamin Heng, Joseph Cheong, Jasmine Ng Kin Kia

Billed as a motorcycle kung fu love story, this film, the first for critic-turned-director Kelvin Tong, aptly captures the listless, pop culture-obsessed lives of Asia's youth. Boy (Benjamin Heng) works at a dead-end job while fantasizing about being a martial arts master. After his buddy, Ah Gu (Joseph Cheong), who has ambitions of being a motorcycle gangster, gets involved in a drug deal that quickly goes south, he begs Boy for help. Meanwhile, Boy happens upon the shy, though beautiful Girl (Alvina Toh), a student who works at her mother's copy shop. This film was screened at the 2000 Rotterdam Film Festival.

 
       
Bonus Features: Scene Access, Music Video, Theatrical trailer, Audition Madness, Behind the scenes