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15 is a Singapourien film of genre Drama directed by Royston Tan released in USA on 16 january 2004

15 (2003)

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Released in USA 16 january 2004
Length 1h30
Directed by
OriginSingapore
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Documentary,    Crime
Rating59% 2.9911452.9911452.9911452.9911452.991145

15 is a 2003 Singaporean film about teenage gangsters in the Singapore suburbs. Directed by Royston Tan, the film is an expanded version of Tan's 2002 award-winning short film, also titled 15. It is one of the few Singaporean films to feature brief full-frontal male nudity (in its uncensored version), together with the Singaporean-Thai film Pleasure Factory and the Singaporean-Hong Kong film Bugis Street.

Synopsis

The film stars three real-life juvenile gangsters, all aged 15, giving an accurate depiction of Chinese teenage gang-life in the Singapore suburbs. The 2003 film features two more gangsters as characters as well as a fight sequence with more affluent English-educated Singapore youths. Rather than scripting the movie or employing professional actors, Tan attempted to capture the troubled lives of his characters in realistic fashion, apparently without much prior scripting.

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