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Nothing in the Cries of Cicadas

Nothing in the Cries of Cicadas

2020 · 18 min · Documentary

Faced with a looming exhumation of a loved one, a father and son contemplate their mortality. But in land-scarce Singapore, even the dead must make way for the living.

Directed by Chiang Wei-liang

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