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* AmbiguousDisorder: The ending implies that [[spoiler:Ling has some form of seasonal affective depression, as she smiles for the first time at the sight of a clear sky above her Malaysian home village despite the utterly devastating chain of events that just befell her.]]
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* TeacherStudentRomance: The movie's entire premise.
* YourCheatingHeart: Ling and Anthony aren't on great terms to begin with, and she keeps finding evidences that he's got more to attend to on the side, from his poor attempt to excuse himself from a family event to a new dashboard toy on his car. [[spoiler:Sure enough, she spots him kissing one of his colleagues.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: Ling and Anthony aren't on great terms to begin with, and she keeps finding evidences that he's got more to attend to on the side, from his poor attempt to excuse himself from a family event to a new dashboard toy on his car. [[spoiler:Sure enough, she spots him kissing one of his colleagues.]]
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* TeacherStudentRomance: The movie's entire premise.
* YourCheatingHeart: Ling and Anthony aren't on great terms to begin with, and she keeps finding evidences that he's got more to attend to on the side, from his poor attempt to excuse himself from a family event to a new dashboard toy on his car. [[spoiler:Sure enough, she spots him kissing one of his colleagues.]]premise.
* YourCheatingHeart: Ling and Anthony aren't on great terms to begin with, and she keeps finding evidences that he's got more to attend to on the side, from his poor attempt to excuse himself from a family event to a new dashboard toy on his car. [[spoiler:Sure enough, she spots him kissing one of his colleagues.]]
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* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Subverted with Wei Lun. He's a fairly shy student at the start; however, as he grows closer to Ling,
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* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Subverted with Wei Lun. He's a fairly shy student at the start; however, as he grows closer to Ling, he starts to put on the moves to impress her, eventually inviting her to his wushu competition.
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* EsotericHappyEnding: [[spoiler:Ling cuts off contact with Wei Lun, divorces her husband, sinking her chances of getting a Singaporean permanent residency for time being and is possibly with an unwanted pregnancy… but the sun shines on her as she arrives in her home village on an enforced break, symbolising a new beginning for her and drawing a genuine smile out of her.]]
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''Wet Season'' is a 2019 Singaporean film directed by Antony Chen, the first one since his 2013 debut title ''Ilo Ilo''. The story follows Ling (Yeo Yann Yann), a Malaysian-born Chinese language teacher at a boys' secondary school. Treated with ridicule at her workplace and struggling with an invasive IVF treatment, with which she's trying to save her marriage with her local husband Anthony (Christopher Lee — no, not ''[[Creator/ChristopherLee that]]'' one), she finds solace in looking after her elderly father-in-law (Yang Shi Bin).
With the dreaded O-Levels approaching, Ling begins teaching remedial classes to her struggling students. Among them is Kok Wei Lun (Koh Jia Ler), a wushu athlete whose parents are perpetually away on business trips. She starts to bond with him as she drives him home through the wet season, unaware of his slowly growing feelings for her…
The film was released on 28 November 2019.
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!!''Wet Season'' provides examples of:
* AmbiguousDisorder: The ending implies that [[spoiler:Ling has some form of seasonal affective depression, as she smiles for the first time at the sight of a clear sky above her Malaysian home village despite the utterly devastating chain of events that just befell her.]]
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Subverted with Wei Lun. He's a fairly shy student at the start; however, as he grows closer to Ling,
* BilingualDialogue: The characters regularly switch between Mandarin and English, as is the norm among Chinese Singaporeans. Language is used as a class/cultural marker between Ling and her wealthier, Anglophone colleagues.
** When talking to her Malaysian family members, Ling mainly uses Hokkien with some Mandarin thrown in.
* DumbJock: Wei Lun isn't great with his classes, and far too immature to understand what he's getting into.
* EsotericHappyEnding: [[spoiler:Ling cuts off contact with Wei Lun, divorces her husband, sinking her chances of getting a Singaporean permanent residency for time being and is possibly with an unwanted pregnancy… but the sun shines on her as she arrives in her home village on an enforced break, symbolising a new beginning for her and drawing a genuine smile out of her.]]
* FunWithSubtitles: One of the remedial students, Peter Chan, doesn't know how to write his name in Chinese. The movie's Chinese subtitles play along by only showing his name in English.
* GrayRainOfDepression: The whole movie. It's right there in the title.
* HeadInTheSandManagement: Invoked. The school's principal is due for a Ministry of Education promotion in a few months. [[spoiler:When Wei Lun is caught with a phone full of Ling's photos, he simply deletes them and tells Ling to take a break until the whole thing blows over.]]
* ItAlwaysRainsAtFunerals: Subverted with [[spoiler:the father-in-law's death and funeral: his death is marked by a powerful rainstorm, but his wake is a pretty dry affair.]]
* ParentalAbandonment: Wei Lun's parents are always away on business trips.
* TheStoic: Ling deals with her emotional exhaustion by barely emoting throughout the movie.
* StudentTeacherRomance: The movie's entire premise.
* YourCheatingHeart: Ling and Anthony aren't on great terms to begin with, and she keeps finding evidences that he's got more to attend to on the side, from his poor attempt to excuse himself from a family event to a new dashboard toy on his car. [[spoiler:Sure enough, she spots him kissing one of his colleagues.]]
''Wet Season'' is a 2019 Singaporean film directed by Antony Chen, the first one since his 2013 debut title ''Ilo Ilo''. The story follows Ling (Yeo Yann Yann), a Malaysian-born Chinese language teacher at a boys' secondary school. Treated with ridicule at her workplace and struggling with an invasive IVF treatment, with which she's trying to save her marriage with her local husband Anthony (Christopher Lee — no, not ''[[Creator/ChristopherLee that]]'' one), she finds solace in looking after her elderly father-in-law (Yang Shi Bin).
With the dreaded O-Levels approaching, Ling begins teaching remedial classes to her struggling students. Among them is Kok Wei Lun (Koh Jia Ler), a wushu athlete whose parents are perpetually away on business trips. She starts to bond with him as she drives him home through the wet season, unaware of his slowly growing feelings for her…
The film was released on 28 November 2019.
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!!''Wet Season'' provides examples of:
* AmbiguousDisorder: The ending implies that [[spoiler:Ling has some form of seasonal affective depression, as she smiles for the first time at the sight of a clear sky above her Malaysian home village despite the utterly devastating chain of events that just befell her.]]
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Subverted with Wei Lun. He's a fairly shy student at the start; however, as he grows closer to Ling,
* BilingualDialogue: The characters regularly switch between Mandarin and English, as is the norm among Chinese Singaporeans. Language is used as a class/cultural marker between Ling and her wealthier, Anglophone colleagues.
** When talking to her Malaysian family members, Ling mainly uses Hokkien with some Mandarin thrown in.
* DumbJock: Wei Lun isn't great with his classes, and far too immature to understand what he's getting into.
* EsotericHappyEnding: [[spoiler:Ling cuts off contact with Wei Lun, divorces her husband, sinking her chances of getting a Singaporean permanent residency for time being and is possibly with an unwanted pregnancy… but the sun shines on her as she arrives in her home village on an enforced break, symbolising a new beginning for her and drawing a genuine smile out of her.]]
* FunWithSubtitles: One of the remedial students, Peter Chan, doesn't know how to write his name in Chinese. The movie's Chinese subtitles play along by only showing his name in English.
* GrayRainOfDepression: The whole movie. It's right there in the title.
* HeadInTheSandManagement: Invoked. The school's principal is due for a Ministry of Education promotion in a few months. [[spoiler:When Wei Lun is caught with a phone full of Ling's photos, he simply deletes them and tells Ling to take a break until the whole thing blows over.]]
* ItAlwaysRainsAtFunerals: Subverted with [[spoiler:the father-in-law's death and funeral: his death is marked by a powerful rainstorm, but his wake is a pretty dry affair.]]
* ParentalAbandonment: Wei Lun's parents are always away on business trips.
* TheStoic: Ling deals with her emotional exhaustion by barely emoting throughout the movie.
* StudentTeacherRomance: The movie's entire premise.
* YourCheatingHeart: Ling and Anthony aren't on great terms to begin with, and she keeps finding evidences that he's got more to attend to on the side, from his poor attempt to excuse himself from a family event to a new dashboard toy on his car. [[spoiler:Sure enough, she spots him kissing one of his colleagues.]]
