Paper Stars

An unlikely friendship develops between two girls – Jia Yee is the leader of a girl-gang and Charlene is a diffident schoolgirl who is easily bullied. When Charlene is mistaken to have informed against a gang for smoking in school, Jia Yee is bribed by them to teach Charlene a lesson. In a chance encounter later, they realise how similar their circumstances are and thus find their loneliness alleviated in each other’s company.

  • Director: Terence Tay
  • Runtime: 19m40s
  • Genre: Drama
  • Rating: PG
  • Availability: library@esplanade
  • Accession No: 2008-D-1295
  • Subtitles: English
  • Release Year: 2008
  • Producer: Kee Ya Ting
  • Language: English, Mandarin, Teochew
  • Production Country: Singapore

Cast List:

  • Lois Goh
  • Charis Ng
  • Low Xiao Rong
  • Laura Kee
  • Gerald Chew
  • Kelly Lim
  • Vicky Tan
  • Amanda Yu
  • Almaas
  • Charlotte Chin
  • Randall Tan
  • Kasma Ahmad
  • Gina Gee
  • Franchesca Gee
  • Jethro Gee
  • Earl Foo
  • Terrence Giam
  • Kenny
  • Hwa Wei-An
  • Daniel
  • Timothy Sung
  • Melissa Chia
  • Jeremy Ho
  • Tan Si Ying
  • Kee Ya Ting
  • Sulaimi Ismail

Crew:

  • Writer - Nurfazilah Ibrahim
  • Director of Photography - Faried Hassan
  • Art Director/Editor - Sulaimi Ismail
  • Sound Design - Nurfazilah Ibrahim
  • Original Music - Nurfazilah Ibrahim, Frans Li
  • Script Supervisor - Janice Chua
  • Production Assistants - Liana Oh, Amanda Oei, Christine Chan
  • Make-up Artist - Gabrielleann Lee
  • 1st Assistant Camera - Earl Foo, Jason Teoh
  • Grips - Alvin Goh, Rasyide Abdul Rahim, See Tong Wai, Wei Shi Bing
  • Still Photographer - Kee Ya Ting
  • Location Sound Recordist - Nurfazilah Ibrahim
  • Boom Operator - Rasyide Abdul Rahim, See Tong Wai
  • Music Recording & Mix - Jessel Yam
  • Solo Violin - Frans Li
  • Solo Guitar - Jessel Yam
  • Drivers - Jimmy Tay, Barbara Tay, Alvin Goh, Earl Foo
  • Soundtrack Recording - The Label
  • Publicity - Cheong Wyn Nie, Audrey Liu, Nur Afiqah, Alicia Tan
  • Song "Not That Different After All" Lyrics - Lois Goh, Charis Ng
  • Composer - Norain Khan
  • Violin Composer - Frans Li
  • Performer - Charis Ng
  • Recorded by - The Label

Keywords:

  • Themes - Escape, Entrapment
  • Personalities - Sylvia Plath
  • Crime - Bullying, Fighting, Gangs
  • Activities - Smoking
  • Emotions - Loneliness, Anger, Hurt
  • Places - Girls' Toilet, Coffeeshop
  • Relationships - Parent/Daughter, Mother/Daughter, Friendship
  • Items - Cigarette, Lighter

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