"The once broken can become whole again, despite and because of its incompleteness."
Fragment is an omnibus film celebrating the strength and diversity of South-East Asian independent cinema. Made up of a collage of ten stories, each story distinctively embraces the other's subjectivities through the collective sentiments of vulnerability and fortitude. This film is commissioned by the Asian Film Archive (AFA) for its tenth anniversary celebrations.
Faye Kingslee
Luke Lee
Foo Fei Ling
Fragment is an omnibus film celebrating the strength and diversity of South-East Asian independent cinema. Made up of a collage of ten stories, each story distinctively embraces the other's subjectivities through the collective sentiments of vulnerability and fortitude. This film is commissioned by the Asian Film Archive (AFA) for its tenth anniversary celebrations.
Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea room but does not have the wherewithal to achieve her lofty goal. Epileptic Ruth is a rebellious adolescent, while shy but highly intelligent and idealistic Matilda seeks solace in her pets and school projects, including one designed to show how small amounts of radium affect marigolds.
The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.
Carla Zachanassian had a child by Serge Miller as a teenager. When Serge refused to marry her, she was driven out of town. By her own wit and cunning, she has returned as a multi-millionaire for a visit. The town lays out the red carpet expecting big things from Carla, only to learn that her sole purpose is to see Serge Miller killed...
Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.
ชายหนุ่มที่มีอนาคตสดใสประสบอุบัติเหตุที่ใกล้ถึงแก่ชีวิตและสร้างชีวิตใหม่ด้วยความช่วยเหลือจากเพื่อนสัตว์ที่ไม่น่าจะเป็นไปได้
A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter.
Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.
A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.
Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatible, they are slowly torn apart.
A woman embarks on a journey alone across the United States after fleeing from her violent husband.