4:30

4:30

Directed by Royston Tan

Produced by NHK, Singapore Film Commission

200588 min6.5 / 10

A contemplative, melancholic study of isolation and yearning set in a single liminal hour, where a tenant struggles to bridge emotional and physical distance.

Longing for human contact Xiao Wu tries all he can to make a connection through physical and metaphorical walls in that hour between night and day.

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