Holiday

Boon, a hardworking employee, is retrenched after eight years of service. On his last day, he wanders around on a “holiday” in a bid to fill his time and emptiness. He ends up at the top floor of a building where he meets Tham, a Thai man who shares a smoke and life stories with him. They do not actually understand each other, but after the exchange, Boon comes to an acceptance of his situation and purposes to be constructive once again.

Director: Wee Li Lin
Runtime: 22m0s
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Rating: PG
Availability: library@esplanade
Accession No: 2007-D-0410
Subtitles: English
Release Year: 2002
Producer: Wee Li Lin
Language: Cantonese, English, Mandarin, Thai
Production Country: Singapore

Cast List:

Adrian Pang, Edwin Lai, Choi Pui Fun, Sonny Lim, Nancy Meads, Charlie Tan, Belinda Bay

Crew:

Scriptwriter - Wee Li Lin
Director of Photography - Haruld Goh
Assistant Cameraman - Sam Guam
Loader - Sam Quen Dean
Gaffer - Lim Beng Huat
Key Grip - Allaister Chiang
Grip - Jeremy Desouza, Lim Chai Huat
Sound - Chan Lian Thong, Michael Lee
Supporting Crew - Brandon Tay, James
Editor - Daryl Burney
Music & Sound Design - Jurgen Frenz
1st Assistant Director - Delcie Poh
Production Assistant - Kimberly Mah
2nd Assistant Director - Sarina Rizal Tang
Telecine Colourist - Adrian Tan
Online Editor - Pinky Calica
Closing Song "Brighter Days Darker Nights" Performer - Kate Lye
Composer - Jurgen Frenz

Keywords:

Themes - Change
Emotion - Despair, Hopelessness, Disappointment
Activities - Commiseration
People - Bachelor, Worker, Foreigner
Places - Office, Workplace
Relationships - Employer/Employee, Boss/Staff, Mother/Son, Strangers, Colleagues
Subject Matter - Retrenchment, Filial Piety, Rejection, Holiday, Career, Unemployment, Language Barrier, Merger, Downsizing, Economic Downturn, Corporate World, Esteem
Items - Cigarette
Housing - Housing Development Board flat