Promising ingredients for a juicy murder mystery are spoiled by weak plotting and anemic drama in “Precious Is the Night.” Set among Singapore’s wealthy elite and their household servants in 1969, …
.” Set among Singapore’s wealthy elite and their household servants in 1969, this plodding tale about a randy doctor involved with an unhappily married socialite and her two housemaids is impeccably decorated and handsomely photographed but fails to produce much tension or intrigue. The first narrative feature by renowned commercials directorplayed local cinemas in April and has been selected as Singapore’s official entry in the 2022 international feature Oscar race.
Early sequences lay what appears to be fertile ground for an engaging tale of lust, jealousy and murder. Most of the action takes place in a fabulous midcentury-modern mansion on Wilkinson Road in Singapore’s upscale Katong neighborhood. The lavishly appointed dwelling is more like a tomb for Ku Yang , a depressed former movie starlet from a humble background in China.
Aside from brief scenes in which the drama is given a boost by Old Master’s acid-tongued ex-wife , Ku Yang’s snooty English teacher and her dismissive etiquette instructor , “Precious” ambles along more like a stodgy chamber piece than the slow-burn thriller it sets out to be. Emblematic of its storytelling shortcomings is the character of Old Master. Though never properly seen and given no dialogue, he is presented as a major suspect.
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