Long Long Time Ago

The story begins in 1965 and runs into the early seventies. Zhao Di is the second wife of an older man. She is the unwanted one in the family. Heavily pregnant, she is put out of the house by her husband’s family. She has to go back to her own family. She gives birth to twins there. The children are called Shun Fatt and Su-mei. Su-mei has two moles on her face. People around them say this brings bad luck. Zhao Di comes under enormous pressure. She wants to build a better life for the rest of her family. In the end she decides to give Su-mei up. The film also tells the state Singapore was in at the time. The family story and the country’s story run into each other. Aileen Tan and Mark Lee appear in the hundred and seven minute film, a Singaporean production Jack Neo finished in 2016.