Singapore Film Database
Southeast Asian Cinema - When The Rooster Crows
Directed by
Leonardo Cinieri Lombroso
Year
Runtime
2014
88 minutes
Genre
Documentary
Language
English, Tagalog, Thai
Synopsis
The film explores contemporary Southeast Asia and its cinema through the works of four iconic filmmakers – Eric Khoo (Singapore), Pen-ek Ratanaruang (Thailand), Brillante Mendoza (Philippines) and Garin Nugroho (Indonesia). From the dialogue between each director’s style and the social realities that inspire them, emerges a powerful picture of a region rich in diversity. The lives of ordinary people in provisional Philippines, an increasingly divided Thailand, censorship in Singapore, and an Indonesia finding its way through messy democracy – reveal the various contexts that brought about the rise of Southeast Asian cinema.
Producer(s)
Panuksmi Hardjowirogo, Leonardo Cinieri Lombroso, Bruno Tribbioli, Alessandro Bonifazi, Michel Cayla
Produced by
MGO Films
International Sales/Distribution
Cast
Brillante Mendoza, Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, Eric Khoo, Garin Nugroho
Tags
2014, Documentary, Film, Filmmaker, Thailand, Philipines, Indonesia, Style, Social, Diversity, Inspiration, Southeast Asia