A loving look of Cathay and everything under its roof

MAKING a feature-length movie as a love letter to itself might seem shamelessly self-indulgent, but it's also hard to fault Cathay Organisation for Our Sister Mambo. Eighty years after its founding and justifiably proud of its place in Singapore cinema, the company has every reason to celebrate a significant milestone.

Our Sister Mambo is Cathay's first production in 15 years and serves as a tribute to its founders and its legacy of classic films. The new film, directed by Ho Widing and written by Michael Chiang, directly references movies such as Our Sister Hedy (1957) and Mambo Girl (1957), which starred Grace Chang (also known as Ge Lan), perhaps the most po…