Three tales of love wrap around the true story of a blind and deaf woman named Theresa Chan. In the first an elderly shopkeeper is devoted to his sick wife. In the second, two teenage girls become soul mates and lovers. In the third a chubby security guard tries to find the courage to woo a beautiful woman who works in his building.
Acting
Theresa Chan's presence—she's not acting, she's being.
Direction
Khoo weaves fiction around documentary with gossamer lightness.
Sound
Near-silence becomes its own language; subtitles for signing.
Director
Eric Khoo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Theresa Chan was Singapore's first deaf-blind college graduate; her memoir inspired the film's documentary segments. Khoo fought to cast her rather than an actor.
The teen lesbian storyline was groundbreaking for Singaporean cinema in 2005—Khoo snuck it past censors by framing it as 'schoolgirl friendship' in early pitches.
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