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7.0/10   267 votes
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Royston Tan (writer)
Liam Yeo (writer)
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Release Date:
29 June 2006 (Singapore) more
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"4:30" traces the relationship between Xiao Wu, an eleven year old Chinese Boy and his tenant Jung, a thirty-something Korean man... more | add synopsis
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2 wins more
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Set your alarm for 4:30 then keep hitting snooze. more (5 total)

Cast

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Young-jun Kim ... Jung
Xiao Li Yuan ... Zhang, Xiao Wu
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Japan:93 min | Argentina:95 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente)
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4 out of 22 people found the following comment useful.
Set your alarm for 4:30 then keep hitting snooze., 16 January 2007
4/10
Author: johno-21 from United States

I recently saw this at the 2007 Palm Springs International Film Festival. This is the second feature length film from noted short film director and writer Roystan Tan and I think this may have worked better as a short film rather than being dragged out into a 90 minute film. Very little dialog here. It's a story about an 11 year old cough medicine abusing-latch key boy named Xiao Wu whose mother is on business in Bejing and he's left alone in the apartment with a suicidal tenant from Korea named Jung who is drinking and popping pills. The long stretched out scenes are about exciting as watching paint dry. Xiao Wu keeps a journal about Jung and sneaks into his room and spies on him every morning at 4:30. As a 25 minute short this may have peaked my interest and tied everything in more neatly and concisely and left me wanting for more but as a 90 minute feature it left me wanting to abuse cough syrup or kill myself. I'll be kind and give this a 4.5 out of 10.

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