Project in Development I

Singing Tombstone

Project Details
Film Title: SINGING TOMBSTONE
Genre: Fictional Drama
Duration: 90 minutes
Language: Mandarin
Subtitle: Malaysian and English
Shooting Format: HD
Shooting Location: Sarawak, East Malaysia



Prodcution Company:
Joonloostudio

Introduction:

Singing Tombstone is a feature film project set for theatrical release and film festivals. This film is a collaboration effort from Independent filmmakers from Malaysia. The story is adapted based on real characters and their inspiring stories. The narrative begins with Ah Nien who returns home due to an accident that caused severe injury to his head and suffers from memory loss and mental disorder. His father, mother and sister are using their own methods through religious, metaphysical or medical approach respectively in attempt to cure Ah Nien. But as each tries to do so, it intensifies the hidden conflicts among each of them until they exploded.

Through the different narration perspective from each character’s story, it illuminates a slightly different aspect and angle of the theme and to build a large picture than any single story.

Singing Tombstone explores the solitude and isolation that portrayed not as negative consequences but as an internal process of learning of each of the characters. It also the metaphor of breakdown and lost, failure of communication unresolved personal or imposed burden.

Singing Tombstone has a rather moderate tone and pace to critically analyze the film’s main subject and theme. This film is more appropriate with matured audience whom are more acquainted with artistic and philosophical films. The film will consciously run away from the mainstream narrative and tends to offer a fresher cinematic experience. This film will have a proximate visual expression to films from New Wave Cinema.


Synopsis:

Ah Nien is diagnosed with Memory Displacement Disorder (MDD) after an accident which almost took his life. He suffers severe memory loss and dislocation which caused him unable to differentiate past or present. Due to his health condition, his parents and sister have decided to bring Ah Nien home and cure him with their own methods. However his return has eventually spawned havocs to all the family members. The meaningless frustration and desperate inpatient possessed by each family member have bred even more emotional withdrawal and isolation for everyone. In the end, Ah Nien’s memory disorder remains uncured, but the journey of trying to cure him has pulled the disorientated family together and improved the relationship among father, mother and his sister for good.

Project updated:
Singing Tombstone been participarted in Produire Au Sud, Nantes 2007 as well as Rotterdam lab 2008, The Netherland

Joonloo studio is currently looking for goal as:
Co-producer, Sales Agents, Funds

Contact:
Joonloostudio
Margaret Bong

Address:
No 28 Lorong Hilir 5,
Taman Gembira 41100 Klang,
Selangor. Malaysia

Email: joonloostudio@gmail.com