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Cast & Crew of 1976 Local Film ‘Two Sides of the Bridge’ Reunites at a Special Screening this Saturday!
By Flora / 05 Apr 2017 (Wednesday)
As part of National Museum of Singapore’s Cinematheque Selects programme, the cast and crew of Two Sides of the Bridge, the only film produced by the Chong Gay Organisation that was made by a local cast and crew in the mid-1970s, will be reuniting after over 41 years at the National Museum of Singapore.
Cinémathèque Selects
Date: 8 April (Sat)
Time: 2-5pm
Venue: Gallery Theatre, Basement, National Museum of Singapore
Ticket Price: Free
(‘Chope’ your tickets here!)
During the reunion, there will be a screening of Two Sides of the Bridge, as well as a Q&A session with Director, Mr Tan Chang Meng (it will be conducted in mandarin).
[About the Film]
The final of three local feature films produced by the Chong Gay Organisation in the mid-1970s, Two Sides of the Bridge chronicles the relationship of a young couple, Rufei and Lingfeng, who face the pressures of living in a rapidly transforming Singapore. While Lingfeng is contented with her job at a textile factory while attending night classes to improve herself, Rufei is lured by a high-paying job at a money-lending firm and gives in to material desires and self-indulgence. Returning to his rural home in Kelantan to evade a heavy debt, Rufei finds quietude but becomes embroiled in a ploy by drug traffickers and is eventually prosecuted for his crimes. The only Chong Gay film made by a local cast and crew, it appealed to audiences of the time with its “healthy”, realist portrayal of life in urban Singapore.