Shirkers

Shirkers

There are movers, there are shakers, and there are shirkers.

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Release Date

1/21/2018

Runtime

97 mins

Overview

In 1992, teenager Sandi Tan shot Singapore's first indie road movie with her enigmatic American mentor Georges – who then vanished with all the footage. Twenty years later, the 16mm film is recovered, sending Tan, now a novelist in Los Angeles, on a personal odyssey in search of Georges' vanishing footprints.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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A meditation on lost youth and artistic ambition that unfolds as both a recovered film and a detective story, following a filmmaker tracking down the mysterious mentor who disappeared with her teenage dreams.

Mood

WistfulMelancholicContemplative

Themes

Art and creationMemoryIdentity

Tone

Tender

Pacing

Meditative

Look

Documentary-likeHandheld

Structure

Framed flashback

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Shirkers (2018) directed by Sandi Tan | FirstCinema