A Land Imagined

Name: A Land Imagined
Genre: Mystery
Released: April 12, 2019
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 59
Cast: Andie Chen, Debabrota Basu, George Low, Ishtiaque Zico, Jack Tan

2019

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Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): April 12, 2019 | Not Rated

Starring: Andie Chen, Debabrota Basu, George Low, Ishtiaque Zico, Jack Tan, Kelvin Ho, Khalishan Liang, Luna Kwok, Peter Yu, Xiaoyi Liu, Yue Guo

Summary: A lonely construction worker from China goes missing at a Singapore land reclamation site, and a sleepless police investigator must put himself in the mind of the migrant to uncover the truth beneath all that sand.

Director: Siew Hua Yeo

Genre(s): Mystery

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 95 min

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IndieWire David Ehrlich

Sep 5, 2018

A Land Imagined is a film that’s intent on losing its own sense of self, a goal that Yeo fulfills by never allowing it to have one in the first place; he digs a rabbit-hole, and then falls right into it. It’s fascinating to watch Yeo tumble down into the depths, but eventually it starts to feel as though he’ll never hit the bottom. Read full review

The Film Stage Rory O'Connor

Sep 5, 2018

Cooked with a broth of a few too many ideas, A Land Imagined is a so-close-to-being-great Singapore neo-noir that does all the right things, but simply does too many of them in its snappy 95-minute running time. Read full review

Wes Greene

Mar 22, 2019

Writer-director Yeo Siew Hua suggests that becoming another person is as easy as dreaming it. Read full review

Allan Hunter

Sep 5, 2018

The switch towards something more unexpected is initially disconcerting, but ultimately reveals an ambitious filmmaker striving to subvert expectations. Read full review

Boyd van Hoeij

Sep 5, 2018

Yeo isn’t experienced enough to convincingly pull off genre acrobatics this complex, delivering a film that often feels derivative in terms of its style and that doesn’t have the storytelling goods to let all these different influences coalesce coherently. Read full review

Jay Weissberg

Sep 5, 2018

"Land” will feel overly familiar to those looking for more than well-intentioned musings on the horrendous treatment of guest workers. Read full review

Gary Goldstein

Apr 12, 2019

A Land Imagined never congeals into anything intriguing or compelling enough to earn our required patience. Read full review

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Apr 12, 2019

Asian cinema is, for me, always interesting and intriguing. It can't always be good, and this movie is certainly not. The plot doesn't really make sense, the narration is simply shredded, the characters are characterless. It seems like the director had so many ideas that he couldn't stickAsian cinema is, for me, always interesting and intriguing. It can't always be good, and this movie is certainly not. The plot doesn't really make sense, the narration is simply shredded, the characters are characterless. It seems like the director had so many ideas that he couldn't stick with one or two and develop them properly, but at least he had something in his mind... it think. Though it brings up a very serious problem in Singapore - we can see how bad immigrants are treated, how their disappearance doesn't make any difference, I'm disappointed that the director didn't put more clear, straight up emphasis on this. With better writing, simpler, not-that-symbolic storytelling it could be a great movie.… Expand

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