TIONG BAHRU SOCIAL CLUB

By Bee Thiam TAN

13 LITTLE PICTURES - as PROD

Drama - Completed 2020

Ah Bee goes on a comedic odyssey through Tiong Bahru Social Club, a data-driven project to create the happiest neighbourhood in the world. Little by little Ah Bee’s encounters with the neighbourhood’s residents reveal the absurdity of life.

Festivals
& Awards

Busan IFF 2020
A Window on Asian Cinema
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival 2020
NETPAC
Singapore International Film Festival 2020
Opening Film
Fantasia FF 2021
Camera Lucida Competition
    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • Drama, Comedy
    • Countries
    • SINGAPORE
    • Languages
    • MANDARIN, ENGLISH, CANTONESE
    • Duration
    • 88 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Bee Thiam TAN
    • Writer(s)
    • Antti TOIVONEN
    • Producer(s)
    • Junxiang HUANG
    • Synopsis
    • AH BEE is a man of few words who, at the age of 30, still lives with his mum MUI. Seeking a future of his own, he signs up as a young Happiness Agent with Tiong Bahru Social Club - a pilot project using data to build the happiest neighbourhood in the world in an ageing Singaporean district.

      On his comedic odyssey through Tiong Bahru Social Club, he moves into the communal house, befriends his Artificial Intelligence algorithm Bravo60 and finds himself in a strange cult of happiness and technology. He is assigned to serve crazy cat lady MS. WEE, who is always ready to take advantage of him but pure at heart, he serves her with distinction.

      Soon, Ah Bee inherits Ms. Wee’s cat, is matched with a girlfriend GEOK and is promoted to helm the community Complaint Centre. Things seem to look brighter for Ah Bee but something feels off to him.