A soldier, a secret, and the purple hour between who you are and who you're allowed to be.
Through Zipeng’s eyes, Purple Light strives to tell a story about how one’s existence is bigger than their sexuality, and that no form of love should bear a label. Purple light is inspired by a true account.
Acting
Fish Chaar's restrained longing speaks volumes in silence.
Cinematography
That purple-hour magic hour? Chef's kiss.
Director
Cecilia Ang
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Singapore's Section 377A criminalizing gay sex was still active when this filmed—military service remains compulsory, making this a quiet act of resistance.
The directors deliberately cast actual SAF veterans; Fish Chaar's military bearing isn't acting, it's memory.
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