导演:蔡于位
主演:陈世维,陈欣淇,胡佳琪,胡佳嬑,黄意轩,文兆保,余珈庆,邱殷龙
故事简介:
一段从新谣开始的爱情与成长故事.
Should you listen to your heart or follow your head?
A coming of age teenage romance from Singapore set in 1993, about dreams, friendships, first love, and the difficult choice between following your head, or listening to your heart.
The story follows the teenagers' efforts to bring business back to a struggling folk music pub, and the blossoming love between Jiaming and May, both fans of Singaporean folk music.
1992, Singapore is on the cusp of having the first elected President, and it has just banned chewing gum. There is an air of hope and rejuvenation in the air, where everyone believes that a Singaporean dream is possible. There’s a bunch of young people who are trying to create a Singapore music industry and creating plenty of local works at a crazy pace. This is also the time where music cafes/lounges featuring local talents are sprouting everywhere alongside a new trend called karaoke.
Jiaming is a free spirited lad who has never really taken school seriously. His parents own a music lounge called “Meng Chuan”, and he felt he could always help run the business if he drops out of school. True enough, his ‘O’ level results in high school bombed and he dropped out of school.
Jiaming has a bunch of buddies named Caogen, Haoban and Xiaopang who were able to score well enough to move on to Junior College. But they were caught renting porn magazines by the Principal and had to be suspended for a month.
During this month, the 4 boys took part in a local music competition, had their taste of puppy love, and worked hard to bring business back to “Meng Chuan’s” struggling business. This coming of age tale, see Jiaming and gang learning the harsh realities of pursuing dreams in the real world; and finding out that choosing between what your heart wants and what the society expects from you, is akin to losing your innocence in an adult world.
Through the closure of 'Meng Chuan' in the story, the film reflects the eventual demise of the 'Xinyao' (Singapore Chinese folk music) movement around the mid-90s. And signifies a losing of innocence in the youth's struggle to battle the realities of growing up.
A coming-of-age teenage romance from Singapore set in 1993 about dreams, friendships, first love, and the difficult choice between following your heart, or listening to your head.
The story follows a group of teenagers who struggle to revive a fading folk music pub, and the blossoming love between Jiaming and May, both fans of Singaporean folk music.