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Requiem for Romance: Directed by Jonathan Ng. With Meilie Ng, Shannon Kook. A modern-day couple's phone call about the anguishing details of their relationship, is juxtaposed with visuals of an epic battle in feudal China where love equals war.
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- Animation, Short, Action
- Jonathan Ng
- 8
Jan 26, 2012 · Overview. A young couple end their love affair via a phone call, with their break-up spectacularly visualised as an epic martial arts battle in ancient China against vivid watercolour backdrops. Jonathan Ng. Director. We don't have any cast added to this movie. You can help by adding some! Reviews 0. Discussions 0.
A phone call ends a secret romance, while images of feudal Chinese combat provide a poignant landscape in this beautiful and imaginative short film. In Canadian animator Jonathan Ng’s Oscar-shortlisted film Requiem for Romance, two young lovers break up over the phone.
A new take on a breakup film with a brave juxtaposition of water colour kung fu nostalgia set against a modern couples phone call breakup. The animation is beautiful, and really excels when it stops being overly busy - but the acting and script feels strained.
- Jonathan Ng
In this dream-like short film, love goes to war over art. A modern-day couple’s secret love affair comes to a bittersweet end during an evening phone call. Cell phone static creates distance between them as they anguish over details of their relationship.
In this “crouching love, hidden breakup” story, inspired by 50’s Shanghai water ink animation & kung fu films, themes of distance, tradition, art and longing dominate a telephonic conversation as a martial arts tango provides the visual backdrop.
NR 7 min. A modern-day couple’s secret love affair comes to a bittersweet end during an evening phone call. Cell phone static creates distance between them as they...
