Stranger Eyes
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Stranger Eyes is a 2024 internationally co-produced mystery thriller film directed by Yeo Siew Hua starring Lee Kang-sheng and Wu Chien-ho. It is the first film from Singapore to compete for the Golden Lion at the Venice International Film Festival.[1]
Premise
[edit]After young father Darren's daughter goes missing, he begins to receive video recordings of his personal life. He suspects that his neighbor Goh is the culprit and begins surveilling him in a hunt for answers.[2]
Cast
[edit]- Lee Kang-sheng as Darren
- Wu Chien-ho as Goh
- Anicca Panna
- Xenia Tan
- Vera Chen
- Pete Teo
Production
[edit]Stranger Eyes received the HAF Fiction Award at the 2020 Hong Kong – Asia Film Financing Forum. The film was also awarded funding from Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority, the French Aide aux Cinémas du monde, the Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA), and Purin Pictures from Thailand.[2]
In August 2023, Variety reported that Lee Kang-sheng had been cast in the film and that principal photography was underway. The report noted that post-production was expected to wrap by early 2024.[2]
Release
[edit]Stranger Eyes was selected to premiere in the main competition at the 81st Venice International Film Festival.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Lui, John. "Yeo Siew Hua mystery is first S'pore film to compete for Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion". Straits Times. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ a b c Frater, Patrick; Ramachandran, Naman. "'A Land Imagined' Director Yeo Siew Hua Casts Taiwan Star Lee Kang-Sheng in Surveillance Thriller 'Stranger Eyes' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 23 July 2024.