Jasmine Sim

A secret from the past combined with the drudgery of everyday life in the company of sweating machos and patronising managers may turn out to be an explosive mixture worthy of Park Chan-wook’s cinema of vengeance and passion. But the film was made by young debutante Élodie Yung, who invites us for a ‘full body massage’ to a parlour where a young Cambodian immigrant is trying to earn money for a better life for herself and her family. Obviously, it is not her dream job and the clients can be excessively fussy. How long can you accept their demands, peevishness, quips, comments and ‘inappropriate’ requests? In this inciteful satire, drama is intertwined with poignancy and revenge has a spicy flavour.

As three guests arrive separately in a young woman's desolate apartment, we watch her life slowly unfold. Tantalizing fragments, seemingly disconnected at first, begin to fall into place as we try to piece together her mysterious story.

Kin is a drama about the complexities of life, love and family relationships. Years have passed since Yoke and Ella had their lives turned upside-down when they returned to be with their rightful families after having been swapped at birth. Years later, Yoke has seemingly embraced her role as a status-conscious, high society Shelley, assuming a leadership role in the family business. Ella has accepted her fate as a member of the salt of the earth, working-class Loh family but struggles to make something of her life. Has the nature vs nurture battle run its course or are relationships between the families still as fraught and complicated as ever ? The Lohs, Shelleys, Hassans, and Balas have overcome personal loss, incarceration, as well as estrangement of their loved ones; yet lingering tensions remain. Mysteries continue to unfold as characters pursue their individual agendas, while emotional drama abounds as surprising twists are revealed that threaten the stability to which they…

After being betrayed by good friend Li Wei kills him out of anger. He goes on a cruise, with the thought of ending his life but meets Rui Ming who stops him. Rui Ming and Li Wei both look similarly alike and strikes a conversation. Rui Ming promises Li Wei he will help him on the debts. Just as Li Wei thought his luck has changed, the cruise meets with an accident and many people onboard perishes. Li Wei survives however Rui Ming doesn’t and many mistaken him to Rui Ming, the wealthy businessman. Li Wei decides to use Rui Ming’s identity, and soon begins his new life as Rui Ming.