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Sunday, 27 December 2009

48 minutes

Watching 向日葵的约定 - a Singaporean production through and through.

I hesitated to watch it, perhaps because of the strangely unbelievable plot: A sweet 19-year old intellectually-disabled girl falls in love with a introverted and aspiring young artist.

The brutal truth is that there can be no relationship between two such people in the world, other than a platonic one. The kindest man will bestow upon his intellectually-disabled counterpart respect and extend a hand of friendship. Anything beyond just does not happen.

The main characters are fresh, good-looking and better actors than the usual crop from Mediacorp, while the casting of other characters like Wenyuan's dad and Mr. Ken is a nice touch to the edges of the story. I enjoyed this short production, although The Will could be a better watch. As an audience used to drama and soap operas, I was expecting a less subtle ending to both films.