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Apprentice

2016

A young Singaporean correctional officer transferred to a high-security prison is drawn to the aging chief executioner and seeks to become his apprentice, a choice haunted by a secret from his own past. A tense, morally complex drama.

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Part of 10 Essential Singaporean Films

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