Country: Singapore, Germany, France, Qatar, Hong Kong
Year: 2016
Duration: 96'
Aiman, a diligent and professional prison guard, is transferred to the prison of Larangan, considered a cutting-edge facility. Here, he makes friends with Sergeant Rahim, who he discovers is the penitentiary’s executioner, the man who had executed his father years earlier. When the management proposes to Aiman that he become Rahim’s assistant, an inner struggle begins inside the young man, whose painful past and guilty conscience clash with his ambitions. [mp]
Biography
film director
Boo Junfeng
Boo Junfeng (Singapore) studied film in Singapore and in Spain. He debuted in 2005 with the short Un retrato de familia, followed by other shorts which made his name on the international festival circuit. In 2008, he participated in the group project Lucky 7, presented at the Rotterdam Film Festival, and in 2010 he debuted in feature films with Sandcastle, which participated at the Semaine de la critique in Cannes. Apprentice, too, was selected for the French festival, in the section Un certain regard.
FILMOGRAFIA
Un retrato de familia (cm, 2005), Guo Ke (cm, 2005), The Changi Murals (cm, 2006), Katong Fugue (cm, 2007), Keluar Baris (cm, 2008), Tanjong Rhu (cm, 2009), Sandcastle (2010), Apprentice (2016).
Declaration
film director
“Larangan Prison (literally meaning ‘Forbidden Prison’) is a spatial representation of Aiman’s mental state. It is a character in its own right – dark yet sterile, with corridors echoing faraway sounds as if haunted by the past. As Aiman navigates the corridors in search of spaces his father spent his last days, he is also journeying deep into himself. He stares into the abyss and confronts his fears, eventually finding his way into the gallows.”
Cast
& Credits
regia, sceneggiatura/director, screenplay
Boo Junfeng
soggetto/story
Boo Junfeng, Raymond Phathanavirangoon
fotografia/cinematography
Benoit Soler
montaggio/film editing
Natalia Soh, Lee Chatametikool
scenografia/production design
James Page
costumi/costume design
Meredith Lee
musica/music
Alexander Zekke, Matthew James Kelly
suono/sound
Ting Li Lim
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Fir Rahman (Aiman), Wan Hanafi Su (Rahim), Matsura Ahmad (Suhaila), Koh Boon Pin (James), Nickson Cheng (Joseph), Crispian Chan (Randy), Gerald Chew (Hock)
produttori/producers
Raymond Phathanavirangoon, Fran Borgia, Tan Fong Cheng
produzione/production
Akanga Film Asia, Peanut Pictures, Zhao Wei Films
coproduttori/coproducers
Jonas Katzenstein, Maximilian Leo, Tom Decourt, Sophie Erbs
coproduzione/coproduction
Augenschein Filmproduktion, Cinéma Defacto, ZDF, Das Kleine Fernsehspiel
contatti/contacts
LuxBox
Anne Sophie Trintignac
festivals@luxboxfilms.com
www.luxboxfilms.com
Boo Junfeng
soggetto/story
Boo Junfeng, Raymond Phathanavirangoon
fotografia/cinematography
Benoit Soler
montaggio/film editing
Natalia Soh, Lee Chatametikool
scenografia/production design
James Page
costumi/costume design
Meredith Lee
musica/music
Alexander Zekke, Matthew James Kelly
suono/sound
Ting Li Lim
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Fir Rahman (Aiman), Wan Hanafi Su (Rahim), Matsura Ahmad (Suhaila), Koh Boon Pin (James), Nickson Cheng (Joseph), Crispian Chan (Randy), Gerald Chew (Hock)
produttori/producers
Raymond Phathanavirangoon, Fran Borgia, Tan Fong Cheng
produzione/production
Akanga Film Asia, Peanut Pictures, Zhao Wei Films
coproduttori/coproducers
Jonas Katzenstein, Maximilian Leo, Tom Decourt, Sophie Erbs
coproduzione/coproduction
Augenschein Filmproduktion, Cinéma Defacto, ZDF, Das Kleine Fernsehspiel
contatti/contacts
LuxBox
Anne Sophie Trintignac
festivals@luxboxfilms.com
www.luxboxfilms.com
