Six years since local filmmaker Boo Junfeng made his feature film debut with Sandcastle — the first Singaporean film to be invited to the International Critics’ Week and Cannes Film Festival — he’s back with his sophomore feature: Apprentice.
Slated for release this year, Boo’s flick will be having its world premiere at Cannes Film Festival 2016, and the buzz around it has been pretty noteworthy — Apprentice made it to Film4’s top ten picks.
The film is a psychological drama centred around Aiman, a young correctional officer who was just transferred to a maximum security prison. He meets one of the world’s most prolific executioners — 65-year-old Rahim — a charismatic man who wants Aiman to be his new apprentice at the prison.
The twist? The executioner Aiman will be closely working with is the man who hanged his father years before. GASP.
Watch the intense trailer below:
Apprentice (2016): Official Trailer World Premiere
World Premiere: #Cannes2016 Un Certain Regard Aiman, a 28-year-old correctional officer, is transferred to a maximum security prison. He strikes up a friendship with Rahim, who is revealed to be the chief executioner of the prison, and one of the world’s most prolific. Can Aiman overcome his conscience and a past that haunts him to become the executioner’s Apprentice? #apprenticefilm
Posted by Apprentice on Friday, 15 April 2016
