- Be with Me
Infobox Film
name = Be with Me
caption = Theatrical poster
director =Eric Khoo
producer = Brian Hong
writer = Theresa Poh Lin Chan
Eric Khoo
Wong Kim Hoh
starring = Theresa Poh Lin Chan
Samantha Tan
Ezann Lee
Seet Keng Yew
music = Kevin Mathews
Christine Sham
cinematography = Adrian Tan
editing = Low Hwee-Ling
distributor =Warner Bros.
released =Cannes Film Festival :May 12 ,2005 Singapore :September 8 2005 United Kingdom :September 29 2006 United States September 29 2006
runtime = 93 min.
country =Singapore
language = Cantonese, English, Hokkien, Mandarin
budget = S$200,000 (estimated)
gross =
website = http://www.zhaowei.com/bewithme.html
amg_id = 1:329283
imdb_id = 0463903"Be with Me" is a 2005
Singapore andrama film directed byEric Khoo . The film is inspired by the life of deaf-and-blind teacherTheresa Chan . Itpremiere d as theDirector's Fortnight selection in the2005 Cannes Film Festival . It was also the official entry from Singapore for the78th Academy Awards in the foreign-language category. InDecember 2005 , the Academy body disqualified the film on grounds that it was not "foreign" enough as the dialogue is mainly in English. Out of ninety-three minutes, the film only has two and a half minutes of dialogue."Be with Me" is the first film in Singapore to explicitly feature a lesbian relationship.
Cast
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Ng Sway Ah as Father
*Sanwan Bin Rais as Security Supervisor
*Theresa Poh Lin Chan as Theresa Chan
*John Choong as Sam's father
*Elizabeth Choy as Herself
*Leong Kooi Eng as Mother
*Lim Poey Huang as Jackie's mother
*Seet Keng Yew as Fatty Koh
*Shaun Koh as Sam's brother
*Ezann Lee as Jackie
*Poh Huat Lim as Brother
*Sherry Lim as Sam's mother
*Toh Cheng Onn as Neighbour
*Lynn Poh as Ann
*Chiew Sung Ching as Shopkeeper
*Jason Tan as Brian
*Royston Tan
*Samantha Tan as Sam
*Maximilan Wong as Neighbour's son
*Lawrence Yong References
External links
* [http://www.zhaowei.com/bewithme.html Official site]
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* [http://www.kfccinema.com/reviews/drama/bewithme/bewithme.html KFC Cinema Review]
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