Toronto 2025 Review: AMOEBA, Coming of Age with Ghosts and Gods

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Most cultures, both past and current have some sort of rite of passage, some ritual, for those of the age we call teenagers. Perhaps it's not as formal as it was in years passed, since those teenage times tend to be in a school environment rather than a fairly firm line between childhood and adulthood. And maybe there is something lost in that lack of formality: we expect children to act as adults but then when they do, and not in the way we want, we admonish them. So these children want their rebellion, want their freedom, and will take it even if we try to refuse it. Singaporean writer/director Siyou Tan, having had success with short films screening at prestigious festivals, has made her...

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