Directed by:
Eric KhooCinematography:
Brian Gothong TanCast:
Josie Ho Chiu-yee, Shō Nishino, Woo-shik Choi, Kkobbi Kim, Daniel Jenkins, Netnaphad Pulsavad, George Young, Lawrence Wong, Francis BoscoPlots(1)
In the film's earliest scene, shot in shimmering black and white, two men - an Englishman and a local Singaporean - bid each other a poignant farewell on the eve of the Japanese invasion. Later, in a sequence saturated with colour, we meet a man on the eve of the surgery that will change him into a woman. And in one of In the Room's most bittersweet chapters, a single Singaporean man and a married Japanese woman enjoy a prolonged tryst; the man dreams of a future for them, but the woman knows that their entire love story is to be contained within these walls. Meanwhile, the ghost of a musician who perished in the room looks on quietly as one story dovetails into another. (Toronto International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Josie Ho Chiu-yee
Hong Kong
Best movies:
Lost and Found (1996)
Runaway: Plan B (2010) (series)
Exiled (2006)
Shō Nishino
Japan
Best movies:
Girl's Blood (2014)
Man, Woman & the Wall (2006)
H Project (2013)
Woo-shik Choi
South Korea
Best movies:
Parasite (2019)
The Package (2017) (series)
The Rooftop Prince (2012) (series)
Kkobbi Kim
South Korea
Best movies:
Breathless (2008)
Pluto (2012)
The City of Violence (2006)
Daniel Jenkins
Best movies:
Glory (1989)
The Irishman (2019)
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1988) (TV movie)
George Young
UK
Best movies:
Final Recipe (2013)
Malignant (2021)
Jhootha Hi Sahi (2010)
Lawrence Wong
Malaysia
Best movies:
One Last Dance (2006)
Francis Bosco
Best movies:
Amphibious (2010)