An exploration of aspects of love: a married couple constantly meeting for rendezvous; a middle-aged man who insists on his dates wearing something from his deceased wife wardrobe; and a poor foreign girl who dreams of settling down with “the right man”.
Acting
Ya Hui's crushing stillness as a woman performing desire.
Direction
Lui's patient framing makes cheap hotel rooms feel like confessionals.
Writing
Dialogue that understands what people don't say to each other.
Director
Derrick Lui
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title refers to the 1,400km distance between Singapore and the Philippines — the exact migration corridor Maria Alexandria's character travels.
Lui filmed in actual budget hotels and refused to clean them, using fluorescent lighting and stained walls as production design. The griminess is documentary.
CN
SG
