''7 Letters'' is a 2015 Singaporean

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directed by seven different directors. It comprises seven short stories celebrating Singapore's 50th anniversary. The film was selected as the Singaporean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the

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but it was not nominated.

Cast

"Cinema"

*Nadiah M.Din as The Actress *David Chua as Fan Fan Law *Aric Hidir Amin as Slim Villager *Faizal Abdullah as Round Villager *Hamidah Jalil as Older Actress *Lim Poh Huat as Pontianak *

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as Lady at

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(special appearance)

"That Girl"

*Yan Li Xuan as Caiyun *Josmen Lum as Ah Shun *Brien Lee as Ah Fa *Sebastian Ng as Ah Cai

"The Flame"

* T. Sasitharan as Father *Nithiyia Rao as Leela *N. Vighnesh as Mani *Fatin Amira as Helper

"Bunga Sayang"

*Ray Tan Liang Yu as Little Boy *J. Rosmini as Makcik *Faith Denning as Teacher

"Pineapple Town"

*Lydia Look as Ning *Nickson Cheng as Kang *Rexy Tong as Michelle (Baby) *Rianne Lee as Michelle (6 Years Old) *Anne James as Sumathi *Yoo Ah Min as Ah Gek *Karen Lim as Kim Leng *Rachel Tay as Birth Mum

"Parting"

*J.A. Halim as Ismail *Cheryl Tan as Swee Choo *Khalid Omar as Train Conductor *Jonathan Sim as Immigration Officer *Nickson Cheng as Duty Officer *Desmond Tay Thong Nam as Taxi Driver *Angel Yeung as Woman on Bus *Ashmi Roslan as Young Ismail *Daryl Toh as Flag-day Boy *Vivian Lim as Shop Assistant

"GPS (Grandma Positioning System)"

*Zhang Jin Hua as Grandma *

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as Son *

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as Daughter-in-law *Hazelle Teo as Granddaughter *Rey Phua as Grandson *Mok Tye Par as Grandpa

Reception

Maggie Lee of ''

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'' called the film "uneven but mostly poignant". Joanne Soh of ''

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'' rated it 4/5 stars and wrote that it "truly is a passion project that will strike a chord with the older generation". John Lui of ''

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'' rated it 4.5/5 stars and wrote that the film's quality is good enough to call for a reassessment of assumptions about government-funded art. '' Time Out Singapore'' selected it as the best Singaporean film of 2015.

Controversy

In January 2016, the film was flagged by Malaysian censors before it was due to screen at the Titian Budaya Festival. A successful appeal was made by the organiser, CultureLink, against the cuts for the vulgar phrase in Cantonese, "curse your whole family", in

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’s segment of the omnibus.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:7 Letters 2015 films 2015 drama films 2015 multilingual films 2010s Tamil-language films 2010s Indian films 2010s English-language films Malay-language films Hokkien-language films 2010s Mandarin-language films Singaporean multilingual films Singaporean anthology films Films directed by Eric Khoo Films directed by Jack Neo Films directed by Boo Junfeng Films directed by K. Rajagopal