A highly
celebrated 'Golden Girl of Singapore' faces a downward spiral turmoil as her
past heinous mistake start to surface to the eyes of the public. Lilian Mah, at
the peak of her career, is challenged to face the consequences of what seems to
be unforgivable and shocking; committing a sexual affair with a 15-year-old
student.
As
investigations are going on, Lilian confronts the student at the opening launch
of her gallery show. She goes berserk when the student admits that he shared
the indecent escapade with his friend and was even complimented as a 'hero'.
Lilian continues to battle the dark shadows of the past, on her own, that she
wish had never happened.
Thong Kay Wee,
crafts a clever mishmash and non-linear display of story which manipulates
audience to react in a jaw-dropping manner when the plot twist is revealed. No one would expect the
affair to involve a much younger character hence, the surprise element along
with the raw and unapologetic visuals prove the film to be extremely engaging,
provocative and captivating.
Here is the
trailer of the film.
Hidden Folk (2013) Trailer from Thong Kay Wee on Vimeo.
Review by Haswani
Haswani is both a ninja and crazy bunny on
the loose. She has fallen hopelessly in love with filmmaking on the last
semester in Uni and tells herself that she needs to marry a Hollywood actor
(read: Ryan Gosling) to finance her filmmaking studies in Tisch School of the
Arts at NYU. If further studies doesn't work out, she will focus on perfecting
her lethal karate chops and deadly weapon-throwing moves.