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Shadows of Fiendish Ancestress And Occasionally Parajanov on Durian Cialis
Shadows of Fiendish Ancestress And Occasionally Parajanov on Durian Cialis
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Shadows of Fiendish Ancestress And Occasionally Parajanov on Durian Cialis

2017
1h 24m
Drama
Fantasy

Status

Released

Release

2017

Runtime

1h 24m

Storyline

"Finally we have a Singaporean film with a hero=heroine who does not end up dead, amok, or punished for her carnal aspirations."

In an island perpetually suspended by Asian values, the spirit of a dionysian culture lays dormant. What stays awake is the daily repression of sensuality in the name of a constructed morality naturalised by the weight of history. Within this landscape, underground director Chew Tze Chuan continues the search for depictions of native sexuality in history which remains undocumented and only whispered about. With reference to native historical texts and the mythological and religious depiction of the 'Holy Whore', Chew constructs a mythology of a hermaphrodite who comes to town to impart a wisdom that proves to be too carnal and untimely. Years in the making and strung together with documentary-like footage of orgiastic happenings, punctuated with moments of refrain into randomness, the film soon escalates into a schizophrenic psychedelia of multicultural and polymorphous sexuality.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 24m
Nov 26, 2017
Languages
English
Malay
Portuguese
Tagalog
Director
Chew Tze Chuan

Top Cast

7 Cast Members

Lim Poh Huat

Shin Yong

Umi Yushi

Gillian Tan

Gillian Tan

Karla MC Bautista

Paolo Dumlao

Raissa

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