27° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
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CALL IF YOU NEED ME

CALL IF YOU NEED ME
by James Lee
Country: Malaysia
Year: 2009
Duration: 105'


CALL IF YOU NEED ME
Or Kia leaves the small village where he lives and goes to join his cousin Ah Soon, who emigrated years before to the big city, where he is a debt collector for a gangland boss. At first, Or Kia is inept but he soon surpasses Ah Soon and becomes the leader of the gang.


“What Or Kia doesn’t realize is that sometimes being simple and passive doesn’t mean you don’t have to make difficult choices in life. By following the life of the two protagonists for a short period of time, I hope we can see the passive nature of Or Kia and Ah Soon’s more aggressive style. And the last act will show the changes of Or Kia as a person and the way he deals with work. In the end Or Kia will not remember what he wanted originally when he arrived in the city, and he will walk a different path in his life.”

Biography

film director

James Lee

James Lee (Ipoh, Malaysia, 1973) studied graphic design and later dedicated himself to theatrical acting and directing. In 2001, he shot his first feature film, Snipers, followed that same year by Ah Beng Returns. After founding the production company Doghouse73, in 2003 he produced the documentary The Big Durian by Amir Muhammad. In 2005 he won the award for Best Asian Film and the FIPRESCI Award at the Bangkok International Film Festival with The Beautiful Washing Machine and a special mention at the Oberhausen Festival with the short A Moment of Love. In 2007 he received his second award for Best Asian Film at the Bangkok Festival with the film Before We Fall in Love Again.

FILMOGRAFIA

filmografia essenziale/essential filmography
Ah Yu’s Story (cm, 1999), Survivor (cm, 1999), Snipers (2001), Ah Beng Returns (2001), You fang chu zu (Room to Let, 2002), Mei li de xi yi ji (The Beautiful Washing Machine, 2004), Mei you ai re je (Goodbye to Love, cm, 2004), A Moment of Love (cm, 2005), Nian ni ru xi (Before We Fall in Love Again, 2006), Things We Do When We Fall in Love (2007), Waiting for Love (2007), Histeria (2008), Call If You Need Me (2009).

Cast

& Credits

regia, soggetto, sceneggiatura, montaggio/director, story, screenplay, film editing
James Lee
fotografia/cinematography
J. Ishmael
costumi/costume design
Easter Foong
musica/music
Ronnie Khoo
suono/sound
Michael Leow
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Thian See Chua (Ah Peng), Sunny Pang (Or Kia), Pete Teo (Ah Soon)
produttore/producer
Tan Chui Mui
produzione, vendita all’estero/production, world sales
Da Huang Pictures
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