BOLUOMI

Details

Director: Lau Kek-Huat, Vera Chen
Cast: Wu Nien-Hsuan, Laila Putli Pagtitahan Ulao, Jayden Kuan Jia Xian,
Running Time: 108 mins
Language: English, Mandarin, Bahasa Melayu
Genre: Drama
Rating: NC16

Synopsis:

[Part of Singapore Chinese Film Festival 2020]

Over the decades, the Malayan Communist Party fought a guerrilla war in the jungle for independence.

When a baby was born during the war, they sent it out of the jungle to ensure its survival. Boluomi is one of those babies.

‘Boluomi’ is a famous fruit everyone appreciates in Malaysia. But it is also YiFan's father’s name, Boluomi, whom past history remains unknown to all, and with whom YiFan’s relation remains non­existent. Unbeknownst to YiFan, some hidden secrets from a bygone era seem to taint their father­ son relation and poisons everything around. Besides, like many in his generation, YiFan is forced to flee Malaysia because of the unequal right to education due to racial discrimination. His journey drives him overseas, Taiwan.

In Taipei, YiFan succeeds in making a living and meets with a Filipino illegal worker, Laila. Both strangers to this city, they have no language in common to speak, but they do share the same sense of nostalgia and homesickness, and eventually fall in love with each other.

Festival and Awards

2020 Nominated for the 22nd Taipei Film Awards for Best Feature Film, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Editor, Best Art Design
2019 Nominated for Best New Director for the Golden Horse Awards

BOLUOMI will be screening in Filmgarde Cineplexes Bugis+ on 4 October 2020.

Book your tickets here.