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Be with Me (2005) 7.1
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Metascore: 67/100
Reviews: 22 user | 30 critic | 8 from Metacritic.com "Be with me" consists of three stories of love vs. solitude : 1)An aging, lonesome shopkeeper doesn't believe in life any more since his wife died. But he is saved from desperation by ... See full summary » Director:Eric Khoo |
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Theresa Poh Lin Chan | ... |
Herself (segment "Meant To Be")
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Chiew Sung Ching | ... |
Father (segment "Meant To Be")
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Lawrence Yong | ... |
Son (segment "Meant To Be")
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Leong Kooi Eng | ... |
Mother (segment "Meant To Be")
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Elizabeth Choy | ... |
Herself (segment "Meant To Be")
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Seet Keng Yew | ... |
Security Guard (segment "Finding Love")
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Lynn Poh | ... |
Ann (segment "Finding Love")
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Ng Sway Ah | ... |
Father (segment "Finding Love")
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Poh Huat Lim | ... |
Brother (segment "Finding Love")
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Sanwan Bin Rais | ... |
Security Supervisor (segment "Finding Love")
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Toh Cheng Onn | ... |
Neighbor (segment "Finding Love")
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Maximilan Wong | ... |
Neighbor's Son (segment "Finding Love")
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Ezann Lee | ... |
Jackie (segment "So In Love")
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Samantha Tan | ... |
Sam (segment "So In Love")
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Jason Tan | ... |
Brian (segment "So In Love")
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"Be with me" consists of three stories of love vs. solitude : 1)An aging, lonesome shopkeeper doesn't believe in life any more since his wife died. But he is saved from desperation by reading an autobiographical book and meeting its author, a deaf and blind lady of his own age. 2)Fatty, a security guard in his fifties, lives for two things : good food and love for a pretty executive living in his block of flats. But, if it is easy to satisfy his first need winning the heart of the distant belle is a horse of another color. 3)Two teenage schoolgirls get to know each other on the Internet. Soon they fall in love. Written by Guy Bellinger
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Country:
SingaporeRelease Date:
8 September 2005 (Singapore) See more »Also Known As:
Badz ze mna See more »Filming Locations:
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Theresa Poh Lin Chan: That my smile may not fade.
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The 37th Selection Directors' Fortnight's Opening Film at the 58th Cannes Film Festival. See more »Quotes
Theresa Poh Lin Chan: Be with me, my beloved love,Theresa Poh Lin Chan: That my smile may not fade.
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"The cinematic spectacle has its rules, its reliable methods for producing satisfactory products. But the reality that must be taken as a point of departure is dissatisfaction. The function of the cinema, whether dramatic or documentary, is to present a false and isolated coherence as a substitute for a communication and activity that are absent." Guy Debord Critique de la séparation (1961)
Eric Khoo's "Be With Me" will divide its audiences. For some, weaned on slick Hollywood mega productions and blockbusters, the film's deliberate measured pacing is likely to exasperate, while others, plugged into the hype from the Cannes Festival, are likely to ignore its flaws and sing its praises.
The truth probably lies somewhere in between.
Interwoven among its three vignettes on love/lost/yearning, "Finding Love", "Meant To Be" and "So In Love" is also the semi documentary – on Theresa Chan. Told largely through subtitles, the story on how she had managed to overcome life injustices after being deaf and blind will strike a chord with many viewers. The segment does however come across as being rather detached, causing some of the other segments to be less developed.
Ironically, the poignancy of the film is corroborated by its Singapore setting, where the denizens are constantly admonished to be productive and efficient, and its humanity for the most part, relegated to mega TV charity fund raising programs. That "Be With Me" was able to speak to the heart of the ordinary, the downtrodden, the destitute and the minorities there, may perhaps then be the best accolade one can accord the film.