Forty-something Cecilia better known as Sissy to her friends is a cheery and vivacious seamstress. Wai Mun, her husband of many years is the captain of an acclaimed Chinese restaurant. Although somewhat discontented with life since his migration from Hong Kong to Singapore, he and Sissy are a loving couple and enjoy a blissful marriage. They have a 15-year-old son and a nine-year-old daughter who has a very close relationship with Sissy and is a source of great cheer and comfort to her. In a twist of fate, an unexpected occurrence befalls their seemingly mediocre and uneventful lives. One day as Sissy feels a hard lump in her left breast. A gush of complex emotions overwhelms her.
Acting
Zoe Tay's restrained breakdowns — she acts with her jawline.
Direction
Gerald Lee frames domestic spaces like traps closing slowly.
Production
The restaurant becomes a character — Wai Mun's kingdom and prison.
Director
Gerald Lee
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Zoe Tay was already Singapore's 'Queen of Caldecott' — this role destroyed her pristine image and proved her range.
The title's double meaning — 'cuts' as editing, as wounds, and as what Sissy does to fabric to make something whole.
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