Be With Me

Synopsis

BE WITH ME, the new film by Eric Khoo (MEE POK MAN, 12 STOREYS) is a tapestry of stories woven around the themes of love, hope and destiny. The characters lead separate lives but are bound by one common desire - to be with their loved one. The protagonists in the movie are fictitious bar one - Theresa Chan, a courageous deaf and blind woman whose life story inspired BE WITH ME.

Nominations & Awards

  • Screen International Award (for a non-European film) 2005

Cast & Crew

  • Directed by: Eric Khoo
  • Written by: Eric Khoo, Wong Kim Hoh
  • Produced by: Brian Hong
  • Cinematography: Adrian Tan
  • Editing: Low Hwee Ling
  • Cast: Ezann Lee, Samantha Tan, Seet Keng Yew, Chiew Sung Ching, Lawrence Yong, Lynn Poh

Director's Statement

Love, Hope and Destiny. For more than a year, my co-writer Wong Kim Hoh and I grappled and struggled, trying to pin these themes down in a script.

It was only in the summer of 2003 that fate brought Theresa Chan - who’s deaf and blind - into our lives at a wedding dinner. When she learned that I make films, she immediately told me that I should make one about hope. I thought to myself: “How ironic … that’s what we’ve been desperately trying to do.’’
Overwhelmed by her personality and vigour for life, I asked if she’d act for me. Without any hesitation, she lifted her wine glass and said loudly: “On!”

We began to communicate through letters. I discovered that this one person represented everything I wanted to say in the film. What followed was a Parker pen from her in the Christmas of 2003 and on my birthday in March 2004, a watch. I got her hint … start writing and stop wasting precious time.

In the fall of 2004, we wrapped BE WITH ME in 16 days.

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