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Kidnapper

Kelvin TONG

Singapore2009 98min 35mm Color Korean Premiere

Synopsis

Taxi driver Lim cries over the news that his son has been kidnapped. While the desperate father would pay anything to get his son back, the relentless kidnapper now asks for the second ransom. Influenced by 70s~80s Hong Kong films, Kelvin TONG successfully combined fast-paced actions and raw emotions between the characters.

Diretor

Kelvin TONG

Best known for his Stockholm International Film Festival’s FIPRESCI prize winning feature Eating Air (1999), he became a brand name in cutting-edge Singapore cinema. After that, he steadily makes excellent films such as the slick horror movie The Maid (2005) and the 2006 Locarno International Film Festival’s closing film Love Story.