Autumn in March

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Autumn in March
Directed by Huang Yiliang
Written byChui Chi Kin
Ting Soo Yun
Story byHuang Yiliang
Sun Lin
Yu Tong
Produced byHuang Yiliang
Starring Sheila Sim
Phyllis Quek
Nat Ho
Bernard Tan
CinematographyAlan Yap
Lim Chin Leong
Edited byYim Mum Chong
Gu Yi
Huang Yiliang
Music byMo Juli
Distributed byRed Group Film
Release date
  • 8 September 2009 (2009-09-08)
Running time
87 minutes
CountrySingapore
LanguagesMandarin
Hokkien
English
Budget S$1,000,000

Autumn in March (Chinese :午夜烟花; pinyin :Wǔyè Yānhuā; Pe̍h-ōe-jī :Ngó͘-iā-ian-hoa) is a Singaporean film written and directed by Huang Yiliang, and produced by Red Group Film. It stars Sheila Sim, Phyllis Quek, Nat Ho and Bernard Tan and co-stars Huang Yiliang and Joey Swee. [1]

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Plot

Xinjie (Sheila Sim) is a mysterious girl who lives on her own in a big bungalow house. No one knows much about the girl except that she is leasing out rooms to strangers at an incredibly cheap rate turning away many prospective renters who believe that the house is haunted. Xinjie rented out 3 of her rooms at $200 per month each, and the only condition is that she wants her roommates to have breakfast with her every morning and dinner for at least 3 times a week.

Her criteria for rental also leaves some with little doubt that the girl has mental problems. After a long search for tenants, she finally decides to rent out her place to an ex convict with a history of domestic violence (Bernard Tan), an older lady who is on the run from loan sharks (Phyllis Quek) and a young aspiring pianist who has fled from home after a dispute with his father (Nat Ho).

As their lives start to intertwine, Xinjie's horrific past starts to unravel as well accumulating to a climax of an ending that leaves everyone stumped.

Cast

Production

Autumn in March is Huang Yiliang's first produced film. Filming had taken place for the $1million budget film in September 2008 and planned to be released by first quarter 2009 in cinemas. However, the film was released in DVD instead, on 8 September 2009. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "His directorial debut Autumn In March was rejected by three local movie distributors in 2009" . Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  2. "11 interesting things to know about Sheila Sim". Her World Singapore. Retrieved 2022-11-04.