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| Produced by | Royston Tan |
Production company | Chuan Pictures |
| Distributed by | Golden Village Pictures |
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Running time | 116 minutes |
| Country | Singapore |
| Languages | Malay Hokkien Mandarin Tamil English |
| Box office | US$$232,027 (Singapore)[1] |
7 Letters is a 2015 Singaporean drama film directed by seven different directors. It comprises seven short stories celebrating Singapore's 50th anniversary.[2] The film was selected as the Singaporean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.[3]
In January 2016, the film was initially flagged by Malaysian censors before it was due to screen at the Titian Budaya Festival. A successful appeal was made by organisers, CultureLink, against the cuts for the vulgar phrase in Cantonese, “curse your whole family”, in Jack Neo’s segment of the omnibus.[4]
Reception
Maggie Lee of Variety called it "uneven but mostly poignant".[5] Joanne Soh of The New Paper rated it 4/5 stars and wrote that it "truly is a passion project that will strike a chord with the older generation".[6] John Lui of My Paper rated it 4.5/5 stars and wrote that the film's quality is good enough to call for a reassessment of assumptions about government-funded art.[7]
Time Out Singapore selected it as the best Singaporean film of 2015.[8]
See also
- List of submissions to the 88th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Singaporean submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
- ^ "7 Letters". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
- ^ Chan, Boon (8 October 2015). "One film for Singapore's 50th year from seven top local directors, including Eric Khoo and Jack Neo". Straits Times. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ Chan, Boon (8 October 2015). "7 Letters is Singapore's entry to the Oscars in the Best Foreign Language Film category". Straits Times. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ Chua, Genevieve (4 January 2016). "Malaysian censors take issue with Singapore films". MediaCorp. TODAY. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ^ Lee, Maggie (30 September 2015). "Film Review: '7 Letters'". Variety. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
- ^ Soh, Joanne (5 August 2015). "7 Letters (PG)". The New Paper. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
- ^ Lui, John (23 July 2015). "7 beautiful stories, 1 little red dot". My Paper. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
- ^ Lee, Benita; Pew, Gwen (25 November 2015). "Best of the arts 2015". Time Out. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
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