ABOUT THE FILM
The Story
It is grandma’s 80th birthday and because of a rash decision, Joey’s family finds themselves on a holiday in Kuala Lumpur that they could barely afford in the first place. Their holiday is on a downward spiral when grandma dies. Family ties are not only strained but are now in shambles knowing that they do not have a wet weather plan for a $15,000 coffin import fee. They are forced to put their grief on hold and their differences aside, while they conspire a plan to smuggle the corpse across the border.
Objective
Take Me Home is a comedy where a coming-of-age teenager struggles to accept the differences in her family whilst they manoeuvre their way through a crime together.
The audience is offered a tragic perspective of characters who missed their boat on cherishing grandma’s presence. The objective of the film questions expectations of a family. It also questions humanity’s morals in times of love and desperation. Grandma’s death is a tragedy that triggered a journey of acceptance and second chances for a family who has lost hope.
It features a local story and perspective, while exploring what constitutes a Singaporean family, even though there may be no fixed answer to this case-study. While Joey learns what it means to have and be family, the audience gets offered a perspective of what it means to be Singaporean.