

Tomorrow Is a Long Time
2024-01-19 · 106 min · ★ 6.0
Life is not the most fulfilling for sixteen-year-old Meng: Lounging at home with his grieving father on a daily basis, being excluded from his family’s past, and forced into bullying other kids at school. Everything changes when he is thrown into a life-altering adventure that propels him into an exciting unfamiliar landscape.
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- Directors
- Jow Zhi Wei
- Production companies
- Akanga Film Asia, Volos Films, PŌTOCOL, La Fabrica Nocturna Cinéma, Oublaum Filmes
- Countries
- France, Portugal, Singapore, Taiwan
- Status
- Released
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Leon DaiChua
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