''7 Letters'' is a 2015 Singaporean
anthology
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drama film
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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
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
88th Academy Awards
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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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Juliette Binoche
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She has appeared in more than sixty feature films and has been the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Silver Bear, ...
as Lady at
Cavenagh Bridge
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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"
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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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Zheng Geping
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Career
Zheng, a former chef and Taekwondo instruc ...
as Son
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Hong Huifang
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Career
Hong joined the SBC during the mid-1980s after completing the 5th drama training course alongside Yang Libing and Chen Tianwen, at age 22. She is perhaps b ...
as Daughter-in-law
*Hazelle Teo as Granddaughter
*Rey Phua as Grandson
*Mok Tye Par as Grandpa
Reception
Maggie Lee of ''
Variety
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'' called the film "uneven but mostly poignant". Joanne Soh of ''
The New Paper
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History
First launched on 26 July 1988, ...
'' 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 ''
My Paper
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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
Jack Neo
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’s segment of the omnibus.
See also
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References
External links
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2015 films
2015 drama films
2015 multilingual films
2010s Tamil-language 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