The Boy Who Asked Too Many Questions

A teacher masks a young boy’s mouth, eyes, hands and ears with adhesive tape when he questions her on the errors she makes in class and also when he accidentally discovers her professional misconduct. As part of the Establishment, she uses her authority to command him not to remove his bindings and forbids anyone to help him. In fear, almost every student conforms to the orders and perpetuates the wrong, except for a few other similarly masked ones who found him and helped each other remove their binds.

Cast List:

Sanjay, Cat Ang, Desmond, Wei Ye, Saravanan, Manikam, Murugan, Wen Quan, Guo Cheng, Jonathan, Joel, Matthew Chew, Melissa Bun

Crew:

Writer - Alec Tok
Camera - Collin Teo
Editors - Ryan Gee, Kwon Han Sook, Delcie Poh
Sound & Mixing Engineer - Stephen Lim
Video Microscopy - Jeremy Pickett-Heaps
Production Manager - Kevin Chan
Light - Jason Lim
Sound - Pamela Yeo
Casting - Joanne Tan
Locations - Tan Lay Peng
Props - Soh Huey Huey
Make-up & Hair - Doreen Cheng

Keywords:

Relationship - Teacher/Pupil, Tyrant/Oppressed
Subject Matter - Questioning, Bullying, Speaking Out, Abuse of Authority, Survival, Escape
Themes - Power and Control, Oppression, Domination, Despotism, Victimisation, Silencing
Emotions - Fear, Alienation