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Variety Reviews Room to Let
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Drama | Love
Language: Mandarin | Cantonese
Directed by: James Lee
Duration: 108 min
Camera: Panasonic NV-DX110
2002
Berg arrives in Kuala Lumpur and by chance meets Andrew. Andrew offers to share his bed in a rented room in an old bungalow. Berg stays and befriends the other occupants and learnt the mystery of the missing artist who somehow affected the rest f the tenants.
Director's statement
Room to Let is a lingering study of the strangely humdrum existence of a group of listless youths who share an inner-city house. The tight confines of the house cause frequent intrusions of privacy and intimate encounters, but the static mood of the film hints at a kind of entropy, a sort of emotional detachment which the characters also share.
Yet the beautifully shot sequences portray the film’s aloofness and give it unexpected lushness. The movie offer up a twisted tale of longing, lost love and lust.
Cast
Berg Lee
Kiew Suet Kim
Andrew Low
Ling Tan
Chong Sheon Wei
Koh Choon Eiow
Bernard Chauly
Amy Len
Loh Bok Lai
Gan Hui Yee
Tay Chin Fie
Loh Kok Mun
Goh You Ping
Story & screenplay
James Lee
Producer
Rogayah Shahariman
Director of Photohgraohy
J. Ishmael
Music
Jerome Kugan
Editor
Johnny Kok
Executive Producer
Sylvia Tan
Still Photographer
Danny Lim