It's a locally-produced film that's airing in GV. I personally think it's awesome that GV shows local films because it makes such films more easily accessible to the public.
Local films are a challenge because you never know what to expect. For example, western films are usually action or romance or comedy. Local films tend to fit into none of these genres. They usually try to cover more than one, or none at all, in this case, none at all.
To put it simply, Sandcastle is a reflection of life in Singapore that comes a bit too late.
An 18 year old male stays at his grandparents house for two weeks because his home is undergoing renovation. His dad died of cancer a few years ago and his mum is going to china. He doesn't speak dialect which is his grandparents' main language so they communicate in a mixture of silence and mandarin.
Death occurs, and along with it is his self-exploration into the idea of family, as he copes with lust, responsibility, and filial piety. Oh, and he also learns of a link between his father and a communist riot in the mid 50s in Singapore.
The film's pace could have gone faster a bit, because it does get draggy at times, and I yawned thrice during the movie. While plenty of themes were touched on, perhaps a few could have been explored more indepthly.
That said, i'm thankful the show was only 90 minutes because I would have dozed off if it were any longer.
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