Unlucky Plaza

  • May 5, 2018 / 18:00
  • May 13, 2018 / 18:00

Director: Ken Kwek
Cast: Jeffrey Quizon, Adrian Pang, Judee Tan, Shane Mardjuki
Singapore, 2014, 122', color, English, Tagalog with Turkish subtitle
 

When a chance to save his ailing diner goes belly up, Onassis Hernandez, an émigré and single-father living in affluent Singapore, is pushed over the edge. He takes a motley group of citizens hostage in a designer bungalow and publicizes his act on YouTube. As the police and international media descend on the crime scene and riots break out in in the city, an increasingly desperate Onassis forces the situation to a violent, heart-stopping conclusion.

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Singapore Dreaming

Singapore Dreaming

Becoming Royston

Becoming Royston

Ilo Ilo

Ilo Ilo

Unlucky Plaza

Unlucky Plaza

Image Makers: Singapore Photographers

Image Makers: Singapore Photographers

A Yellow Bird

A Yellow Bird

Apprentice

Apprentice

Pop Aye

Pop Aye

Trailer

Unlucky Plaza

Symbols

Symbols

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