In the film, which opens on Aug 8, their characters live alone in small neighbouring HDB flats in 1980s Singapore.
Peter Yu and Mark Lee star in Wonderland as two neighbours living alone in HDB flats in 1980s Singapore.
He tells The Straits Times in a joint interview with Yu: “Some of them have worked hard all their lives raising a family. Now they are happy to rest. Some are couples. Some are singles because their partner may have died. So they now have their own lives – to go around to see their grandchildren if they want or to the coffee shop. Or stay home to watch television, YouTube or TikTok.”
In the film, Loke goes through the same painful transition, a change that is made more bearable after he meets his neighbour Tan , a church choir director. Wonderland covers a time of change in Singapore when places like Wonderland Amusement Park in Kallang attracted visitors, families were still moving from villages to flats, and fathers were expected to carry their burdens in secret.Loke’s daughter Eileen knows that despite his gruff exterior, her father cares deeply for her.
Both actors believe the time is right for a dialect movie like Wonderland, which is almost entirely in Hokkien. Young people today are curious about these forms of languages, and Lee says he was interviewed by students from Raffles Institution, whose student interest group Raffles Dialects is aimed at those interested in learning how to communicate in Hokkien, Teochew, Cantonese, Hainanese and Hakka.
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