Uncle Downstairs

The friendship between a young Indian boy and a lonely, grieving old man develop when they bond through an unlikely and unassuming object – the sweet wrapper.

  • Director: Justin Fernando
  • Runtime: 14m5s
  • Genre: Drama, Comedy
  • Rating: PG
  • Availability: library@esplanade
  • Accession No: 2008-D-1329
  • Subtitles: English
  • Release Year: 2008
  • Producer: -
  • Language: Cantonese, English, Tamil
  • Production Country: Singapore

Cast List:

  • Lim Chong Ngian
  • Linkesh Jayaram
  • Ong Siew Lin

Crew:

  • Sound - See Tong Wai
  • Director of Photography - Roland Low
  • Producer - Shawn Yong
  • Writer & Editor - Thena T
  • Music - Tay Chee Wei
  • Production Assistants - Athalia Ho, Don Aravind Rajah, Freddie Wee, Hafizah Dahalan
  • Camera Assistant - Athalia Ho, Abdul Rahman
  • Gaffer / Driver - Abdul Rahman
  • Grip - Don Aravind Rajah, Freddie Wee
  • Best Boy Grip - Jowell Tan
  • Art Director/Production Assistant - Michelle Tan
  • Casting - Joanne Lee
  • Script Translator - Yvonne Quek
  • Music Mixed by - Sumardy
  • Colourist - Azman Mohamed
  • Project Supervisor - Leonard Yip

Keywords:

  • Items - prayer offerings, toy soldiers, sweet wrapper
  • Food - sweets
  • Places - provision shop, void deck
  • Relationships - neighbours
  • Race - Chinese, Indian
  • Landscapes - Housing Development Board flats
  • Emotions - grief, happiness

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