Stranger Eyes
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| Traditional Chinese | 默視錄 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Mò shì lù |
| Directed by | Yeo Siew Hua |
| Written by | Yeo Siew Hua |
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| Cinematography | Hideho Urata |
| Edited by | Jean-Christophe Bouzy |
| Music by | Thomas Foguenne |
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Running time | 126 minutes |
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Stranger Eyes (Chinese: 默視錄) is a 2024 internationally co-produced mystery thriller film directed by Yeo Siew Hua starring Lee Kang-sheng and Wu Chien-ho.
It was the first Singaporean film to be selected for the main competition of the Venice International Film Festival, where it will be competing for the Golden Lion.[1] And it's set to open the 2024 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival.[2]
Premise
[edit]After young father Darren's daughter goes missing, he begins to receive video recordings of his personal life. He suspects that his neighbor Goh is the culprit and begins surveilling him in a hunt for answers.[3]
Cast
[edit]- Wu Chien-ho as Junyang
- Lee Kang-sheng as Lao Wu
- Anicca Panna as Peiying
- Vera Chen as Shuping
- Xenia Tan as Ling Po
- Pete Teo as Officer Zheng
- Maryanne Ng-Yew as Mother Wu
- Mila Troncoso as Ana
Production
[edit]Stranger Eyes received the HAF Fiction Award at the 2020 Hong Kong – Asia Film Financing Forum. The film was also awarded funding from Singapore's Infocomm Media Development Authority, the French Aide aux Cinémas du monde, the Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA), and Purin Pictures from Thailand.[3]
In August 2023, Variety reported that Lee Kang-sheng had been cast in the film and that principal photography was underway. The report noted that post-production was expected to wrap by early 2024.[3]
Release
[edit]Stranger Eyes had its world premiere at the main competition of the 81st Venice International Film Festival, on 5 September 2024.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Lui, John. "Yeo Siew Hua mystery is first S'pore film to compete for Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion". The Straits Times. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ "2024 Golden Horse Film Festival Opens with YEO Siew Hua's STRANGER EYES". Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ a b c Frater, Patrick; Ramachandran, Naman. "'A Land Imagined' Director Yeo Siew Hua Casts Taiwan Star Lee Kang-Sheng in Surveillance Thriller 'Stranger Eyes' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 23 July 2024.