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Directed and co-written by Lan Hongchun, Dear You follows two interconnected timelines – a grandson searching for his long-lost grandfather in present-day Thailand, and a newly married man who leaves China for Southeast Asia during the 1940s in search of work.<\/p>\n
After becoming one of China\u2019s biggest box office successes this year, the film arrived in Singapore\u2019s cinemas on Jun 18.<\/p>\n
An initial eight screenings in Teochew sold out at Golden Village, prompting the cinema chain to add eight more screenings from Jun 25 to Jun 29.<\/p>\n
All 4,800 tickets were sold out on Monday, about an hour after they were made available.<\/p>\n
Golden Village\u2019s VivoCity branch has been the site of all the cinema chain\u2019s Teochew screenings, including the eight upcoming ones.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“We hope to extend these screenings beyond Golden Village VivoCity and make them accessible to audiences across suburban locations as well,” said Mr Lim.<\/p>\n
Singapore requires distributors to make applications for dialect films to be screened in cinemas.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe hear the calls for dialect films to be more freely screened in cinemas,\u201d said MDDI.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnder the current framework, applications have to be made for such screenings. However, the IMDA will take a more flexible approach in considering these applications.\u201d<\/p>\n
The ministry thanked the public and industry partners for their feedback and interest in the release of Dear You, saying it welcomed the broader conversation it has sparked about Chinese dialects and cultural identity in Singapore.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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