Advertorial: Love Cuts.
I actually can’t remember the last time I watched a movie in a theatre – I think it might have been Ip Man: The Legend is Born. Work’s been crazier than usual so there’s been no time to get caught up with all the movies I want to watch, but I made time to catch Love Cuts in a charity gala screening last Saturday evening. I was involved in the pre-pro process right before I left HPB, and since the subject of breast cancer is one that I’m interested in because it was part of my portfolio at the Board, I was very keen to watch the movie to see how the final product turned out.
In a nutshell, Love Cuts is about the journey of a woman and her family as she battles breast cancer. It stars Zoe Tay as Sissy, a talented seamstress, Hong Kong actor Kenny Ho as her restaurant manager husband and local young talents Regene Lim and Edwin Goh as their children. One day, while showering, Sissy discovers a lump in her breast, and thus the emotional rollercoaster begins.
A scene from "Love Cuts".
I have to say that as a first effort by the newly set up Clover Films, this movie is a commendable effort. The actors are convincing in their roles, even the wooden Christy Yow who does a fine job playing a wooden model who befriends Sissy, and Allan Wu, who can’t speak Mandarin to save his life but who redeems himself just by acting like the beefcake that he is. I particularly enjoyed Regene Lim’s portrayal of a child struggling to understand and cope with her mother’s illness, as well as Edwin Goh’s awkward teenager who learns some important growing-up lessons from his mother, surgically-attached Lomo camera and iPhone in hand.
There were a couple of weird moments in the movie (think zombies with IV poles), a couple of continuity issues and some rather bizarre digital work, but overall, the movie’s messages alone – that early detection saves lives and that you still have plenty to live for, even as you live with cancer – make it worth watching. To illustrate the power of the film medium – when he saw me in the bathroom this morning, K asked, “您要检查您的 ně né?” (“Hast thou checked thy tits today?”)
The softies among you will do well to take along a packet of tissue or two to the cinema. I didn’t cry, but plenty of people in the cinema sure did!
Love Cuts is showing exclusively at Golden Village cinemas.
If you are aged above 40, please check out BreastScreen Singapore for more information on mammography screening.
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Hahahah! K says the funniest things!