881

881 is a movie written and directed by Royston Tan about the Singapore Getai scene. It is a musical and is only the second Singaporean film that will be released in Japan. Mediacorp plans to submit the film as a nominee for Golden Horse Award.

Two Singaporean girls join together to form the Papaya Sisters, a getai group that sings at performances during the seventh lunar month. Big Papaya is estranged from her mother, who disapproves of her performances, whilst Little Papaya is an orphan who suffers from terminal cancer. The two are assisted by Auntie Ling and her son, Guan Yin.

Although they live to sing, the duo's act lacks 'feel', and they turn to Auntie Ling's sister, the goddess of getai for help. She provides them with the required 'feel', but on the condition that they accept a set of rules, which includes staying chaste.

With their new-found singing ability, the two soon rise to the top of the Singaporean getai scene singing traditional Hokkien songs, but their fame brings along with it the enmity of the Durian Sisters, a rival group of techno-singing Eurasian girls. Their rivalry soon culminates in a showdown at a getai show, where the girls pull off their most amazing performance yet. However, time has run out for Little Papaya, who succumbs to her illness and passes away after the competition.

The film's story was originally conceived as a joke after Royston and the two lead actresses agreed that Getai was one of Singapore's Uniquely Singapore cultural attributes.

It took Royston Tan 22 days to produce the film and only two weeks to write it, which, according to him, was the easiest and fastest script he has written.

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