Wet Season

Wet Season

2019 · 103 min · ZH · 6.6 (27 votes)
Dir. Anthony Chen · Starring Yeo Yann Yann, Koh Jia Ler, Christopher Lee, Yang Shi Bin, Brayden Koh
Drama

Wet Season revolves around the life of Ling, a schoolteacher who deals with infertility while having to take care of her infirm father-in-law at home. One of Ling's students, Kok Wei Lun, develops a crush on her during remedial Chinese classes. The two become closer as Wei Lun embraces Ling's extra tutoring.

VIBE

This film feels like a humid, suffocating Singaporean downpour. It's a quiet, character-driven drama about unspoken desires and the search for connection amidst stifling domesticity and personal sorrow. The atmosphere is thick with a sense of longing and quiet desperation.

melancholicintrospectiveoppressiveyearningslow-burnarthouse dramanaturalisticatmosphericlonelinessunconventional connectiondomesticitysuppression
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