Singapore Film Database
It's a Great, Great World 《大世界》
Directed by
Kelvin Tong
Year
Runtime
2011
91 minutes
Genre
Comedy, Family
Language
Hokkien, Shanghainese, Teochew, Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, English, Thai
Synopsis
It's A Great Great World is set in Singapore's legendary amusement park named Great World, which was also known to locals by its Hokkien name 'Tua Seh Kai'. Spanning from the 1940s to the present day, the film presents four tales centred on attractions within these once famous walls.
At present time, Ah Min finds four old pictures in her mother's photography studio and seeks out her mother's old friend Goh Ah Beng, who tells her the stories behind these photographs.
These four stories include: A clown on a quest to have his photo taken with English movie star Elizabeth Taylor and tells his experience to his ageing mother. The tale of a carnival shooting gallery operator who experiences her first teenage love with a Malaysian medicinal oil seller's son. A washed up diva of the Flamingo Nightclub who used to sing for her lost love, and rediscovers true support by her audience and her manager. A lok-lok seller who narrates the story of his wedding dinner with his mute wife the night the Japanese invaded Singapore during World War II.
Interwoven into the film are stories of a multitude of characters that lived, worked, played, sang danced and even fell in love in Great World.
Producer(s)
Gayarti Su Lin Pillai
Produced by
MediaCorp Raintree Pictures, in association with Innoform Media and Astro Shaw
International Sales/Distribution
Cast
Yvonne Lim, Ben Yeo, Olivia Ong, Nancy Sit, Chew Chor Meng, Lin Ruping, Henry Thia, Lai Meng, Chen Tianwen, Gurmit Singh, Joanne Peh, John Cheng, Zhang Zhenhuan, Ng Hui, Zheng Geping, Xiang Yun, Huang Wenyong, Paige Chua, Guo Liang, Chen Shucheng, Apple Hong, Bryan Wong, Zhang Yaodong, Marcus Chin, Kym Ng, Ix Shen, Dennis Chew, Tay Yin Yin, Sam Tseng, Justin Ang, Babes in the City
Tags
2011, Comedy, Family, Great World, Stories, Clown, Teenage, Love, Relationship