''My Love Sinema'' (), is a 2016 Singaporean drama film directed by Tan Ai Leng. The film is set in the 1950s, and later transitions to modern day.

Plot

Twenty-year-old Kheong moves from a Malay kampung to Singapore to train as a film projectionist. There, he meets Wei, a young Chinese teacher and a leftist radical. He soon falls in love with her.

Cast

Tosh Zhang Tosh Zhang (born 23 May 1989) is a Singaporean actor and musician. Zhang is most well-known for his catchy songs which garnered millions of views on YouTube and for playing the role of 'Sergeant Ong' in the record-breaking ''Ah Boys to Men'' mo ...

as Kheong * Cheryl Wee as Wei *

Jeff Wang Jeff Wang () is a Taiwanese actor and television host. He was previously contracted to MediaCorp and was based in Singapore for over a decade. He was a prominently a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1999 to 2010. As he decided to pursue a career i ...

as Brother Lee *

Zen Chong Zen Chong (; born on 15 August 1978) is a Malaysian actor who is based in Singapore and contracted artiste under MediaCorp. Career Chong joined MediaCorp in 2001 after finishing third in that year's Malaysian edition of Star Search Singapore. ...

Release

The film was originally meant to be released on 29 August 2016. The film released in theatres in Singapore on 8 September. It was also screened in Japan on 8 September. The film was released in theatres in Japan on 8 September.

Reception

John Lui of ''

The Straits Times ''The Straits Times'' is an English-language daily broadsheet newspaper based in Singapore and currently owned by SPH Media Trust (previously Singapore Press Holdings). ''The Sunday Times'' is its Sunday edition. The newspaper was established ...

'' rated the film two-and-a-half stars out of five, praising the part of the film set in the 1950s, while criticising the third act, writing "In a third-act blunder, the movie lurches forward in time to a mind-numbingly hysterical set of events in the present day, filled with silly coincidences and overstuffed bits in which as many actors as possible say as many lines as possible." Luo Yingling rated the film two stars out of five, criticising the acting.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 5665940, My Love Sinema 2016 films Singaporean drama films