FRED’s Nicolò Comotti interviews Green Zeng, director of the film THE RETURN, which was presented in the International Critics Week section of the 72nd Venice Film Festival. Green Zeng presents his first feature “The Return”, a subtle and yet powerful look on today’s Singapore, with an eye on its dark past.
THE RETURN: Wen is a political detainee who is released after many years of imprisonment. Arrested for being an alleged communist, he returns, an old man, to an uneasy reunion with his children. Wen also wanders through the city to see how his homeland has transformed into a shining metropolis. He is philosophical about his long detainment without trial and is ready to move on. But as the past collides with the present, unforeseen circumstances force his journey to take a tragic turn.
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