Singapore Dreaming

Singapore Dreaming (simplified Chinese: 美满人生; traditional Chinese: 美滿人生; pinyin:  Měimǎn Rénshēng (help·info); Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bí-bóan-jîn-sing) is a 2006 film set in Singapore. The film follows the Loh family, a typical Singaporean working-class family, through their aspirations for a better life and the harsh reality that makes it difficult for them to fulfill these aspirations. The film is inspired by a 2000 essay, Paved with Good Intentions, that the writers of the film had written for the Singapore International Foundation. A concatenation of e-mails Singaporeans sent to writers Colin Goh and Woo Yen Yen on their life stories in relation to the Singaporean dream eventually led them to write, produce and direct Singapore Dreaming. The...