Mia, an ex-prostitute, is trapped in a loveless marriage with the abusive Quan (Sunny Pang, who also stars in Headshot in this year’s Festival lineup), a butcher who runs a roast meat shop. When she meets sensitive funeral director Wu, their passion for one another escalates into an affair. But the path to true love is fraught with jealousy, forcing someone to make a deadly move.
Acting
Sunny Pang's simmering butcher rage is genuinely terrifying.
Production
The roast meat shop set—grease, neon, and menace.
Director
Sam Loh
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Sam Loh shot the entire film in 18 days on a micro-budget, using actual butcher shops during off-hours.
Siew Lup (燒臘) refers to Cantonese roasted meats—Singapore's working-class comfort food, here weaponized as metaphor for consumed female bodies.
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