Boy A

Film: Boy A
Director: John Crowley
Starring: Andrew Garfield, Peter Mullan, Siobhann Finneran
Premieres: Toronto Int'l Film Fest [8 Sep 07], 4 Sep 08[SG]

A young man spent most of his life in institutions paying for a terrible crime he committed as a minor. At 24 years old, he is released into an unrecognisable adult world with a new name, a new job; a new life. Only his case worker knows his true identity. Anonymity is both a blessing and a curse as Jack, desperate to re-build his life and seize this second chance, has to contend with not being able to tell the people he gets to know, and love, of his true past and the monstrous secret he must keep hidden.
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This film follows Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece A Clockwork Orange closely, reflecting the social acceptance of ex-cons in the society. It looks merely a remake this time but now with a character whom we could relate better to in ordinary world, unlike Alex's dystopian fantasy.

Premiered at the Toronto Int'l Film Festival exactly ONE YEAR AGO [8 Sep 07], it's currently screening exclusively at GV here, illustrating how up-to-date we are in the film world. Am i ever going to watch my 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days here in Singapore? Film distributors, Singapore Film Commission or whoever in charge, you have to be better than this.

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