''Wonderland'' ( zh, 乐园) is a 2023 Singaporean drama film directed by

Chai Yee Wei Chai Yee Wei ( zh, s=蔡于位, p=Cài Yúweì; born 21 June 1976), is a Singaporean film director, writer and producer. He is also the founder oMocha Chai LaboratoriesanA Little Seed an authorised Apple iTunes aggregator. He also founded product ...

. It stars Mark Lee,

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and Xenia Tan. It had its world premiere at the 24th

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on 8 November 2023.

Synopsis

Set in 1980s

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, the film revolves around reserved and illiterate single father Loke ( Mark Lee), Loke's only daughter Eileen (Xenia Tan) and Loke's friendly neighbour Tan (

) who helps Loke to write letters to Eileen who is studying in

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Cast

* Mark Lee as Loke *

as Tan * Xenia Tan as Eileen

Production

Formerly titled as ''The Last Letters'' (写给爸爸的信), ''Wonderland'' is the feature film screenwriting debut of Michelle Chang. The film is supported by the

Singapore Film Commission 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 ...

and is jointly produced by Mocha Chai Laboratories and

mm2 Entertainment mm2 Entertainment (a wholly owned subsidiary omm2 Asia Ltd is a Singaporean film production and distribution company. It has produced notable films include ''Ah Boys to Men'', '' The Lion Men'' and ''Long Long Time Ago'' series. Also, it has a p ...

Principal photography Principal photography is the phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place, as distinct from the phases of pre-production and post-production. Personnel Besides the main film personnel, such as actor ...

began in Singapore in February 2023, before moving to

Johor Bahru Johor Bahru (), colloquially referred to as JB, is the capital city of the state of Johor, Malaysia. It is located at the southern end of Peninsular Malaysia,along the north bank of the Straits of Johor, opposite of the city-state Singapore. T ...

, Malaysia for the amusement park scenes. Some of the scenes were shot in

, United States in early April 2023.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wonderland (2023 film) 2023 films 2023 drama films Singaporean drama films 2020s Mandarin-language films Hokkien-language films 2020s English-language films