12 Storeys

Jun 12, 1997

1h 45m

★ 5.0

Overview

The film depicts 24 hours in a HDB block of residential flats in Singapore. There are three main storylines. San San, fat, silent, and alone, hears the ghost of her mother constantly upbraid her. Ah Gu, a tofu soup vendor, is at odds with Lily, his materialistic immigrant wife, who longs for something he cannot provide. Meng spouts every moralistic bromide of the striving middle class, but is unhinged by his teenage sister May ("Trixie" to her boyfriend) who won't study, parties all night, and seems doomed by youth culture.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

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Cast

Ah Gu

Jack Neo

Meng

Boon Pin Koh

Trixie

May Yee Lum

San San

Lucilla Teoh

Tee

Ritz Lim

Lily

Quan Yi Fong

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0.0

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5.0

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8.1

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4.5

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7.1

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6.2

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4.3

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5.0

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0.0

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8.0

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6.0

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6.6

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6.7

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