I am back on track with my movie selections. Be With Me is an exceptional, unique movie that takes place in Singapore, a city that I love.
Be With Me poetically explores the desires of people to seek love and avoid being lonely. This is accomplished with four different story lines that are loosely linked. First, we see an elder shopkeeper who deals with the death of his wife. Second, we are introduced a fat awkward guy who secretly admires an attractive business lady, and, finally, we follow two high school girls who fall in love. Through these three groups of seemingly unrelated people from different walks of lives, the picture shows us how universal and powerful the longing for love really is. Then the film cuts into its fourth, documentary, element about Theresa Chan, whose real life autobiography is the inspiration of this film. Theresa Chan became deaf and blind since the age of fourteen. In the film, Theresa Chan (who plays herself) makes her life joyful while she has an impact of the lives of others. Eventually we find how she is connected to the people in the other three story lines. The cinematography of this film is excellent, perfect for showing the feelings of the people and their place in Singapore. Finally, it is a film with minimal dialog. This 93-minute film has only has a few minutes of dialogue.
I highly recommend this film.