Movie
The Capitol of Singapore
2022 · 52 min
A calm, affectionate stroll through a grand old cinema's many lives, mixing archival charm with gentle nostalgia for a changing city.
- Directed by
- Raphaël Millet
- Genres
- Documentary
- Overview
- Inaugurated in 1930, the Capitol has been able to survive through 90 years of successive ownership by prestigious families such as the Namazies or the Shaw brothers, and today by Perennial Holdings, as well as of various historical, cultural and architectural vicissitudes, always reborn like a phoenix, thus mirroring not only the cinematic history of Singapore, but also reflecting the many cycles of change that the city went through.
- How it feels
- Warm, melancholic and earnest. Measured and easy to follow.
- About
- Memory, art, identity, aging
- Content
- No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Raphaël Millet
- Genres
- Documentary