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Introduced by award-winning Singaporean filmmaker Eric Khoo (“Ramen Teh”, “12 - Storeys”), FOOD LORE, an eight-episode series from HBO Asia, explores human emotions with narratives inspired by Asian cuisines. Shot from the perspective of eight different storytellers, each episode takes an alternative approach to showcasing the tales and taste of Asia through drama, satire, and comedy. FOOD LORE will be available to U.S. subscribers on Monday, March 2nd on HBO NOW®, HBO GO®, and partner streaming platforms.

Synopsis:Forty-somethingCecilia(ZoeTay),betterknownasSissytoherfriends,isacheeryandvivaciousseamstress.Diligentandkeenlydevotedtoherart,Sissyhasearnedarespectablereputationinthetradeforhersuperbcraftsmanshipandexquisitestyle.Hersecond-storeytailorshopSissy’sSeamstressattheTextileCentreismodestyetdistinctlyinaclassofitsown.Sissyisrecognizedasanexceptionallytalentedseamstress,notonlyinhercommunitybutalsogarneringclientsfromfarandwide.Moreover,Sissy’scandid,affableandattentivedispositionalsomakesherextremelywell-likedandpopular.WaiMun(KennyHo),herhusbandofmanyyears,isthecaptainofanacclaimedChineserestaurant.AlthoughsomewhatdiscontentedwithlifesincehismigrationfromHongKongtoSingapore,heandSissyarealovingcoupleandenjoyablissfulmarriage.Theyhavea15-year-oldson(EdwinGoh)andanine-year-olddaughter(RegeneLim)whohasaverycloserelationshipwithSissyandisasourceofgreatcheerandcomforttoher.Inatwistoffate,anunexpectedoccurrencebefallstheirseeminglymediocreanduneventfullives.Oneday,asSissyfeelsahardlumpinherleftbreast.Agushofcomplexemotionsoverwhelmsher...

Introduced by award-winning Singaporean filmmaker Eric Khoo (“Ramen Teh”, “12 - Storeys”), FOOD LORE, an eight-episode series from HBO Asia, explores human emotions with narratives inspired by Asian cuisines. Shot from the perspective of eight different storytellers, each episode takes an alternative approach to showcasing the tales and taste of Asia through drama, satire, and comedy. FOOD LORE will be available to U.S. subscribers on Monday, March 2nd on HBO NOW®, HBO GO®, and partner streaming platforms.

　At the 20th floor of a skyscraper, a gas leak has started a fire. Anne and Ben Bronson, two teenage kids, are trapped in a fiery inferno 20 - storeys above the ground, while the fire is spreading throughout the entire building. From the 60th floor, their parents, Brianna and Tom, who were about to sign their divorce papers, will have to fight together to save their family from the flames. Even if Brianna is a brilliant structural engineer, will she find out a way to stop this uncontrolled fire ?

Achillingmysterythriller,blessedbystirringimaginationandstrikingactingperformances,especiallybychildactors.Amongwittyscaresinventedbythedirectorherself,wegetclosertountreatabletruesinsoftheCatholicreligion.Skilfullyraisedfantasiesaboutexorcism,possessionandresurrectionslowlytransformintobreath-takinghorror,whichmaynotleaveyourthoughtsforalongtimeafterthescreening.AdevotedlyfaithfulfamilymournstheireldersonHan-byul.BothparentssincerelybelievethatitisthehandofgoodlordJesusthatteststhemwithpainfulsuffering.Thereverendadvisesadoptingachildwithspecialneedsandsharingallthelovetheystillhaveintheirwoundedheartsafterthetragicaccident.SothegrievingparentsembracevisuallyimpairedcharismaticIsaac,whoquicklyfindshisplaceintheirspacioustwo-storeyhouse.Theacutelysensitiveboycountsthatthekindfamilystillconsistsofsevenmembers,andwitnesseshowthecryingHan-byulconstantlyvisitsthem.Confusedbyincrediblerevelations,themotherstartstonoticepreviouslyunseenguidingsigns.Guiltconfrontssanity.Grieftransmitsintofear.Doubtsbringhomeobsession.Newcluesexposehurtfullies.Divinefaithopensallgatestopowerfuldevilishmanipulations.Theprolongedprocessofhealingdispersesintodrownedsecrets.Howlongcanyoubelievesomethingwhisperedbysomeonewhoisnotentirelytrustworthy?Howfarwillalovingmothergotoprotectheradoptedchildwhosuddenlyuncoversnot-so-pleasanttruths?源自：https://poff.ee/en/film/the-other-child/