Twenty years ago, Habiba and Eric were neighbours. When Eric revisits her home to find her still living there with her husband, what seems like a friendly reunion turns into the gradual revelation of a painful secret from the past.
Winner of Best Production and Best Original Script at the 2007 Life! Theatre Awards, this chamber drama gets a film treatment by Singapore independents Tan Bee Thiam and Lei Yuan Bin, with the camera helmed by Christopher Doyle. An unflinching look at the consequences of abuse, "Fundamentally Happy" explores without judgment or condemnation critical issues such as trust, memory, relationships and consent.
"This is a film adaptation of "Fundamentally Happy", a 2006 play by Haresh Sharma and Alvin Tan. We are greatly inspired by their work and feel strongly that the intersection of theatre and film can create new ways of experiencing both mediums. Just like Ingmar Bergman's chamber films, we find ourselves drawn to the use of theatricality in film to allow the audience to vacillate between immersing themselves in, yet resisting the screen illusion." – Tan Bee Thiam and Yuan Bin Lei, film directors
Singapore 2015
Fundamentally Happy
Fundamentally Happy
MS12
Genre
Drama
Director
Yuan Bin Lei, Tan Bee Thiam
Run time
1h 10min
Cast
Joshua Lim, Adibah Noor
Genre
Drama
Director
Yuan Bin Lei, Tan Bee Thiam
Run time
1h 10min
Cast
Joshua Lim, Adibah Noor
Twenty years ago, Habiba and Eric were neighbours. When Eric revisits her home to find her still living there with her husband, what seems like a friendly reunion turns into the gradual revelation of a painful secret from the past.
Winner of Best Production and Best Original Script at the 2007 Life! Theatre Awards, this chamber drama gets a film treatment by Singapore independents Tan Bee Thiam and Lei Yuan Bin, with the camera helmed by Christopher Doyle. An unflinching look at the consequences of abuse, "Fundamentally Happy" explores without judgment or condemnation critical issues such as trust, memory, relationships and consent.
"This is a film adaptation of "Fundamentally Happy", a 2006 play by Haresh Sharma and Alvin Tan. We are greatly inspired by their work and feel strongly that the intersection of theatre and film can create new ways of experiencing both mediums. Just like Ingmar Bergman's chamber films, we find ourselves drawn to the use of theatricality in film to allow the audience to vacillate between immersing themselves in, yet resisting the screen illusion." – Tan Bee Thiam and Yuan Bin Lei, film directors
Singapore 2015
Winner of Best Production and Best Original Script at the 2007 Life! Theatre Awards, this chamber drama gets a film treatment by Singapore independents Tan Bee Thiam and Lei Yuan Bin, with the camera helmed by Christopher Doyle. An unflinching look at the consequences of abuse, "Fundamentally Happy" explores without judgment or condemnation critical issues such as trust, memory, relationships and consent.
"This is a film adaptation of "Fundamentally Happy", a 2006 play by Haresh Sharma and Alvin Tan. We are greatly inspired by their work and feel strongly that the intersection of theatre and film can create new ways of experiencing both mediums. Just like Ingmar Bergman's chamber films, we find ourselves drawn to the use of theatricality in film to allow the audience to vacillate between immersing themselves in, yet resisting the screen illusion." – Tan Bee Thiam and Yuan Bin Lei, film directors
Singapore 2015
Info
Rating
Under 12 Not Recommended
Production year
2015
Global distributor
-
Local distributor
Pimedate Ööde Filmifestival MTÜ
In cinema
11/6/2015