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  • Flooding in the Time of Drought (2010)
  • 184 min | Drama
Flooding in the Time of Drought (2010)
184 min | Drama

What if suddenly the water supply runs dry in Singapore? This fusion of documentary and fiction narrative depicts the lives of foreign migrants as an impending water crisis begins to seep into their lives. With water, or the lack of it, ...See moreWhat if suddenly the water supply runs dry in Singapore? This fusion of documentary and fiction narrative depicts the lives of foreign migrants as an impending water crisis begins to seep into their lives. With water, or the lack of it, becoming the central motif, this two-part feature length film takes us on a journey across 8 interweaved stories and 10 languages, as the protagonists, consisting of non-professional actors, grapple with this hopefully temporary discomfort, amidst their dalliance with human foibles, and their fantasies of everlasting loves and broken romances. This aberration is a memento mori as the narratives grazed across the vague impressions of the racial tensions lingering past the 1997 riots in Indonesia, World War II, ritual beliefs, and ethnic discrimination in Southeast Asia which has been ingrained over generations and transported along with the migrant communities. Nonetheless, amidst the sporadic ventures into death and violence, sexual relations and sexualities, these are the lines of division that bind us to each other, in one way or another, as people survive through their crises. Written by Mubi See less
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Director
Writer
Sherman Ong (screenwriter)
Producer
Cinematographer
Production Designers
Kean Kok Chin (as Chin Kean Kok) | Wan Ping Looi (as Looi Wan Ping)
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Release date
Jan 7, 2010 (France)

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26 cast members
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Sanjay Gautam
(segment "Drought - first story") (segment "Drought - first story")   See fewer
Gayatri Devi Mishra
(segment "Drought - first story") (segment "Drought - first story")   See fewer
Inder Kocher
(segment "Drought - first story") (segment "Drought - first story")   See fewer
Nathan Boenjamin
(segment "Drought - second story") (segment "Drought - second story")   See fewer
Agnes Christina
(segment "Drought - second story") (segment "Drought - second story")   See fewer
Giovanni Lombardo
(segment "Drought - third story") (segment "Drought - third story")   See fewer
Sofia Lombardo
(segment "Drought - third story") (segment "Drought - third story")   See fewer
Faridah Bte Abdul Hamid
(segment "Drought - third story") (segment "Drought - third story")   See fewer
Anke Liebnitz
(segment "Drought - third story") (segment "Drought - third story")   See fewer
Richel T. Hidalgo
(segment "Drought - fourth story") (as Richel T Hidalgo) (segment "Drought - fourth story") (as Richel T Hidalgo)   See fewer
Consulta Gian Carlo
(segment "Drought - fourth story") (segment "Drought - fourth story")   See fewer
Teresa Cua
(segment "Drought - fourth story") (segment "Drought - fourth story")   See fewer
Sean Puay-Yang Lee
(segment "Flood - first story") (as Sean Lee Puay Yang) (segment "Flood - first story") (as Sean Lee Puay Yang)   See fewer
Lee Eng Ng
(segment "Flood - first story") (as Ng Lee Eng) (segment "Flood - first story") (as Ng Lee Eng)   See fewer
Rose Marie Lee
(segment "Flood - first story") (segment "Flood - first story")   See fewer
Kean Kok Chin
(segment "Flood - first story") (as Chin Kean Kok) (segment "Flood - first story") (as Chin Kean Kok)   See fewer
Shin Hye Jung
(segment "Flood - second story") (as Shin Hye Jung) (segment "Flood - second story") (as Shin Hye Jung)   See fewer
Kim Yeon Jung
(segment "Flood - second story") (as Kim Yeon Jung) (segment "Flood - second story") (as Kim Yeon Jung)   See fewer
Shawn Kiyotaka Fukuzaki
(segment "Flood - second story") (segment "Flood - second story")   See fewer
Adelyn Leong
(segment "Flood - second story") (segment "Flood - second story")   See fewer
Rattanan Channoi
(segment "Flood - third story") (segment "Flood - third story")   See fewer
Pacheun Maleipan
(segment "Flood - third story") (segment "Flood - third story")   See fewer
Wazini Masmintrachaiyanara
(segment "Flood - third story") (segment "Flood - third story")   See fewer
Xiao Jing
(segment "Flood - fourth story") (as Xiao Jing) (segment "Flood - fourth story") (as Xiao Jing)   See fewer
Zheng Mengtian
(segment "Flood - fourth story") (as Zheng Mengtian) (segment "Flood - fourth story") (as Zheng Mengtian)   See fewer
Kent Chan
(segment "Flood - fourth story") (segment "Flood - fourth story")   See fewer
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