Stranger Eyes

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Stranger Eyes
File:Stranger Eyes 2024 film (poster).jpg
Traditional Chinese默視錄
Hanyu PinyinMò shì lù
Directed byYeo Siew Hua
Written byYeo Siew Hua
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyHideho Urata
Edited byJean-Christophe Bouzy
Music byThomas Foguenne
Production
companies
  • Akanga Film Asia
  • Volos Films
  • Films de Force Majeure
  • Cinema Inutile
Distributed by
  • Epicentre Films (France)
Release date
  • September 5, 2024 (2024-09-05) (Venice)
Running time
126 minutes
Countries
  • Singapore
  • Taiwan
  • France
  • United States
Box office$12,666[1]

Stranger Eyes (Chinese: 默視錄) is a 2024 internationally co-produced mystery thriller film directed by Yeo Siew Hua starring Lee Kang-sheng and Wu Chien-ho.

The film premiered in the main competition section of the 81st Venice International Film Festival, becoming the first Singaporean film to compete for the Golden Lion. It was also selected as the opening film for both the 2024 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and the 35th Singapore International Film Festival.[2]

It was selected as the Singaporean entry for Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[3]

Premise

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After young father Darren's daughter goes missing, he begins to receive video recordings of his personal life. He suspects that his neighbor Goh is the culprit and begins surveilling him in a hunt for answers.[4]

Cast

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  • Wu Chien-ho as Junyang
  • Lee Kang-sheng as Lao Wu
  • Anicca Panna as Peiying
  • Vera Chen as Shuping
  • Xenia Tan as Ling Po
  • Pete Teo as Officer Zheng
  • Maryanne Ng-Yew as Mother Wu
  • Mila Troncoso as Ana

Production

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Stranger Eyes received the HAF Fiction Award at the 2020 Hong Kong – Asia Film Financing Forum. The film also received funding from Singapore's Infocomm Media Development Authority, the French Aide aux Cinémas du monde, the Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA), and Purin Pictures from Thailand.[4]

In August 2023, Variety reported that Lee Kang-sheng had been cast in the film and that principal photography was underway. The report noted that post-production was expected to wrap by early 2024.[4]

Release

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Stranger Eyes had its world premiere in the main competition section of the 81st Venice International Film Festival on 5 September 2024.[5] It made its North American premiere in the Main Slate of the 62nd New York Film Festival.[6] It screened as the opening film of the 35th Singapore International Film Festival on 28 November 2024.[7][8]

Reception

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Critical response

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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 84% of 32 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.2/10. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 68 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.

Accolades

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Award Year Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
Asian Film Awards 2025 Best Supporting Actor Lee Kang-sheng Won [9]
Best Sound Tu Duu-chih, Tu Tse-kang Won
Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2024 Best Cinematography Hideho Urata Nominated [10]
Golden Horse Awards 2024 Best Narrative Feature Stranger Eyes Nominated [11][12][13]
Best Director Yeo Siew Hua Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Lee Kang-sheng Nominated
Best Original Film Score Thomas Foguenne Won
Best Sound Effects Tu Duu-chih, Tu Tse-kang Nominated
Taipei Film Awards 2025 Best Narrative Feature Stranger Eyes Nominated [14][15][16]
Best Director Yeo Siew Hua Nominated
Best Screenplay Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Lee Kang-sheng Won
Best Music Thomas Foguenne Won
Valladolid International Film Festival 2024 Silver Spike Stranger Eyes Won [17]
Venice Film Festival 2024 Golden Lion Yeo Siew Hua Nominated [5]

See also

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References

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