WHERE THE ROAD MEETS THE SUN

Directed by Singaporean Yong Mun Chee, her feature debut, Where the Road Meets the Sun is having a one week theatrical run at The Arts House, from Nov 16- 25. You can purchase tickets here

About the movie:

Los Angeles 2005. In a run-down hotel named Normandie, Takashi, a Japanese hitman with a mysterious and violent past, checks in. He strikes an unusual friendship with Blake, the hotel manager who lives in the shadow of a mistake that cost him his marriage. Also living in the hotel is Guy, a 23 year-old British backpacker who sleeps with a different girl each night. His careless ways eventually gets him and his new best friend, Julio, an illegal Mexican immigrant with a big dream, in trouble.

Yong Mun Chee’s feature directorial debut has garnered a number of awards, including the Special Jury Award for Best Director at the Worldfest Houston. Described by The Los Angeles Times as a “well-acted, street-poetic fusion of action-thriller, immigrant drama and unconventional buddy movie”, Mun Chee’s film will finally make its debut on Singapore screen in a weeklong run at The Arts House.

The screening will be preceded by 9:30, Mun Chee’s award-winning thesis short film.