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Kenneth Bi (writer)
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20 January 2005 (China)
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Fearing her son could be gay, a conservative mother takes in a French foreign exchange student, who ends up teaching the family a lot about life, acceptance, and love. | add synopsis
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Fun and Ultimately Uplifting
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(Credited cast)| Sylvia Chang | ... | Jen | |
| Martin Yan | ... | Kim Chui | |
| Mélanie Laurent | ... | Sabine | |
| LePham Tan | ... | Leo | |
| Craig Toh | ... | Harry | |
| Alvin Chiang | ... | Daniel | |
| Maggie Q | ... | Gigi | |
| Ivy Ling Po | ... | Grandma | |
| Han Chin | ... | Grandpa (as Ronald Bi) | |
| Samuel Chong | ... | Master of Ceremony | |
| Steph Song | ... | Jennifer | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Garrett Hoo | ... | Johnny | |
| Andy Mok | ... | Batman | |
| Rick Tan | ... | Gigi Manager | |
| Allan Wu | ... | Ronald | |
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Hainan Chicken Rice (Hong Kong: English title) (working title)
Rice Rhapsody (International: English title)
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Rice Rhapsody (International: English title)
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Hong Kong:106 min (DVD version)
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Review: Rice Rhapsody (2004) By Ken Lee
Though director Kenneth Bi's _Rice Rhapsody_ (2004) generates much interest primarily of its homosexuality theme (that troubled the Singapore Board of Film Censorship inasmuch as its month-long deliberation for the film's wide release in the city state in which the film is set and made), it explores at its core generational conflict; specifically, how a single parent's inability to adapt to modern circumstances leads to disillusionment and more misunderstanding. So it'd be misleading to categorize this as a "Gay" film, per se.
The plot is set in contemporary Singapore's Chinatown. Sylvia Chang, wonderful and enarmoured with supposed Singlish, plays a single mother (Jen) struggling with the uncertainty surrounding the sexual orientation of her third son, Leo (played by a certain delectable newcomer, Tan LePham), when his two elder siblings are both out and proud, much to her dismay, bringing issues of same-sex marriage and their boy-friends back to dinner table discussion. The lives of the family are going to be changed with the arrival of a French foreign exchange student, Sabine, played by a cooky Mélanie Laurent, who has a thing or two to show about finding common grounds, and knowing what's truly important in life.
The issue of homosexuality isn't a "modern" circumstance, of course. Its open acceptance (or tolerance) and embraced and head-on examination as an "idea", however, is, especially in this city-state notorious for its anti-gay "lifestyles" stance. So even if the movie isn't without its flaw, it's still ultimately uplifting, and a welcome addition to a growing list of movies purport to examine social, cultural and political aspects of the city-state, from "12 Storeys" to "Eating Air" to "Chicken Rice War".
Recommended.
Little known facts: Director Kenneth Bi is the son of Ivy Ling (Ling Bo) who is a mega star in Shaw's Huang Mei Diao era. She has a cameo appearance in this film.