''Mee Pok Man'' is a 1995 Singaporean film directed by

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. The film is Eric Khoo's debut feature, released under his film production company, Zhao Wei Films, after making award-winning

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s for years. It was entered into the

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and showed at more than 30 film festivals worldwide, winning the FIPRESCI (The

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) Award. The film stars Joe Ng as the male protagonist Johnny, a Chinese seller of noodles (

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), and

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, who plays a prostitute. The film was given an "R(A)" rating in

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, restricting the movie audience to adults aged 21 and above, but after the change in film ratings in 2004, it was re-rated "M18" (aged 18 and above). The film's story was inspired by a story by Damien Sin, "One Last Cold Kiss", that appeared in ''Classic Singapore Horror Stories'': Book 2 (1994). Khoo was supposed to illustrate the story about a mortuary attendant who falls in love with a fresh corpse, brings it back home, and has a relationship with it. The soundtrack album was released under BMG and featured the film score by Kevin Mathews and music by Singaporean acts including The Padres (a band fronted by Joe Ng, the film's male lead actor), Opposition Party,

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, Etc and Sugarflies. In November 2015, the film was restored by the

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and presented at the 26th

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. The restored film also enjoyed a run at independent cinema The Projector, which also celebrated its legacy with talks.

References

External links

Official site
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