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Guang

2011 · 14 min

A quiet, tender slice of life that finds beauty in small routines and the fragile bond between brothers.

Directed by: Quek Shio Chuan
Genres: Drama

Overview: Guang is a story about two brothers. The elder brother, Wen Guang is autistic. Wen Guang is often misunderstood. Above all, he lives with attention deficiency disorder, struggles with social interaction, and has difficulty performing day to day obligations. He also has a secret passion. To make ends meet, Wen Guang is coerced by his younger brother into looking for a job to share his burden on meeting their monthly expenses. Throughout the film, we see Wen Guang searching for a job, his daily routines and his secret passion as he searches for the final glass that will bring him a simple, pure, hard earned, fleeting moment of joy.

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Directed by: Quek Shio Chuan
Genres: Drama

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
identity
isolation
ambition
healing
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	0
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Quek Shio Chuan
Written by: Quek Shio Chuan
Cinematography: Eric Yeong
Runtime: 14 min
Country: Malaysia
Languages: Mandarin

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