Be with Me

Be with Me
Be with Me
	Theatrical poster
Directed by	Eric Khoo
Written by	Theresa Poh Lin Chan; Eric Khoo; Wong Kim Hoh
Produced by	Brian Hong
Starring	Theresa Poh Lin Chan; Samantha Tan; Ezann Lee; Seet Keng Yew
Cinematography	Adrian Tan
Edited by	Low Hwee-Ling
Music by	Kevin Mathews; Christine Sham
Production; company	Zhao Wei Films
Distributed by	Warner Bros. (USA); Peccadillo Pictures (UK)
Release date	May 12, 2005 (Cannes Film Festival); September 8, 2005 (Singapore);
Running time	93 minutes
Country	Singapore
Languages	Cantonese, English, Hokkien, Mandarin

Be with Me is a 2005 Singaporean drama film directed by Eric Khoo. The film is inspired by the life of deaf-and-blind teacher Theresa Poh Lin Chan. It premiered as the Director's Fortnight selection in the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. It was also the official entry from Singapore for the 78th Academy Awards in the foreign language category. In December 2005, the Academy body disqualified the film on grounds that the dialogue is mainly in English.^[1] Out of 93 minutes, the film only has two and a half minutes of dialogue.

Be with Me is the first film in Singapore to explicitly feature a lesbian relationship.^{[citation needed]}

Cast[]

as Father
as Security Supervisor
Theresa Poh Lin Chan as Herself
as Sam's father
Elizabeth Choy as Herself
as Mother
as Jackie's mother
as Fatty Koh
as Sam's brother
as Jackie
as Brother
as Sam's mother
as Neighbour
as Ann
as Shopkeeper
Jason Tan as Brian
Royston Tan
as Sam
as Neighbour's son

References[]

^ "Foreign Film Barred from Oscars", BBC News, BBC, December 23, 2005, retrieved April 8, 2012

External links[]

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[bbc-1] "Foreign Film Barred from Oscars", BBC News, BBC, December 23, 2005, retrieved April 8, 2012

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