''Chicken Rice War'' is a

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...

film released in 2000 by Raintree Pictures. It is an adaptation of

Romeo and Juliet ''Romeo and Juliet'' is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about the romance between two Italian youths from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetim ...

in a Singaporean setting, where fierce competition between rival chicken rice hawkers resulted in bitter enmity. The old feud between chicken rice hawker families' stand in the way of their young offspring who fell for one another.

Synopsis

''Chicken Rice War'' is loosely based on

William Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...

's ''

''. In this movie the Montagues and Capulets are represented by the families Wong and Chan. Both families run Chicken Rice stalls side by side in the same market, something that the authorities say is impossible, since it is not allowed. The underlying conflict is about the secret family recipes that has been kept secret for generations, but apart from that nobody really knows what the fight is about. Audrey Chan is a beautiful, vain and spoilt girl who is the most popular girl in school. Fenson Wong is an insecure young man with a stutter who, of course, is madly in love with Audrey. Their only common interest is Shakespeare and the version of Romeo and Juliet that they are setting up at school. When Fenson gets the chance to replace Audrey's beautiful but dim boyfriend as Romeo he starts seriously dreaming about capturing Audrey's heart.

Cast

Pierre Png Pierre Png Tiang Huat (; born 29 October 1973), is a Singaporean actor. He is known for starring in multiple Singaporean MediaCorp's Channel 5 and Channel 8's dramas which include '' The Gentlemen'' and ''When Duty Calls''. Early in his ca ...

... Fenson Wong
May Yee Lum ... Audrey Chan
Catherine Sng ... Wong Ku
Gary Yuen ... Vincent Chan
Kevin Murphy ... Leon Deli
Kelvin Ng ... Sydney Wong
Su Ching Teh ... Penelope Chan
Wui Seng Cheong ... Wong Terr
Irene Ong ... Wendy Chan
Weng Kee Lee ... Chan Tick
Gary Loh ... Muscle Mike
Jo Jo Struys ... Cheryl
Randall Tan ... Nick Carter
Zalina Abdul Hamid ... Fat Lady
Mohan Sachden ... Muthiah
Alias Kadir ... Ahmad
Edmund L. Smith ... Mr. Pillay
Paul Tan ... TV presenter

Tanya Chua Tanya Chua (; born 28 January 1975) is a Singaporean singer-songwriter. She launched her singing career by releasing her debut studio album ''Bored'' in 1997. Her albums, ''Amphibian'' (2005), '' Goodbye & Hello'' (2007), ''Sing It Out of Love'' (2 ...

... Herself
Jonathan Lim ... Hugo A Go Goh
Uttsada Panichkul ... Himself
Kevin Poh ... Capulet

Jamie Yeo Jamie Yeo (; born 17 April 1977) is a Singaporean actress, model and radio DJ. Early life Yeo was born in Singapore on 17 April 1977. She attended Fairfield Methodist Primary School and Nanyang Girls' High School before moving to Dayton, Oh ...

... Herself

Awards

* Discovery Award at the

2001 Toronto International Film Festival The 26th Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 6 to September 15, 2001. There were 326 films (249 feature films, 77 short films) from 54 countries scheduled to be screened during the ten-day festival. During a hastily arranged pres ...

* Special Jury Award Miami Film Festival 2002["Awards"
* Nominee Best Film Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema 2002["Awards"

References

External links

* Singaporean romantic comedy films 2000 films 2000s Cantonese-language films 2000s English-language films Films based on Romeo and Juliet {{Singapore-film-stub