Neither rich nor crazy: film noir sheds light on Singapore’s migrant labourers

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A world away from the opulence showcased in hit rom-com “Crazy Rich Asians”, a critically acclaimed film noir is shedding light on a less well-known side of Singapore  the precarious existence of its migrant workers.

“A Land Imagined” tells the story of a Chinese labourer who goes missing while working on a building site, and the efforts of a world-weary detective to track him down.