Small Hours of the Night
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Daniel Hui Singapore 2024 104 min Refused Classification
A man questions a woman in this psychodrama haunted by the history of Singapore’s systems of deterrence and control.
In a dark room, a man interrogates a woman, her disoriented and fragmented testimony unfolding against his seemingly omniscient insinuations. As they converse through a single night—rarely occupying the same frame—identities and realities shift and time periods jump between the 1960s and 1980s.
This black-and-white chamber drama is based on a little-known 1983 trial about an inscription on Tan Chay Wa’s tombstone which the courts deemed to advocate acts that threatened Singapore’s security. The woman’s experiences are a composite of historical incidents involving marginalised figures. This film indirectly reveals the personal and societal stakes for ordinary individuals in the face of impenetrable political and legal systems.
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Small Hours of the Night
Daniel Hui
Singapore
2024
English, Malay, Mandarin
English
104 min
Refused Classification
Not Available For Screening
Daniel Hui
A graduate of California Institute of the Arts’ film programme, Daniel Hui is a filmmaker, writer and editor. He directed the features Eclipses (2011), Snakeskin (2014), which won the Award of Excellence at Yamagata IDFF, and Demons (2018), which premiered in competition at Busan. Hui is a founding member of the 13 Little Pictures film collective.
Tan Bee Thiam,
Daniel Hui
Irfan Kasban,
Yang Yanxuan Vicki
