Cathay's curtain call for its heady filmmaking days
Our Sister Mambo, by playwright Michael Chiang is due in 2015, writes DYLAN TAN
CATHAY Organisation will be celebrating its 80th anniversary on a slightly bittersweet note when its subsidiary Cathay Asia Films, produces its first movie in 15 years and last ever - the all-star romantic comedy, Our Sister Mambo - next year.
The curtains will come down once filming wraps as the company chooses to focus instead on its core business of being an exhibitor and films distributor, says Choo Meileen, Cathay Organisation's executive director and Our Sister Mambo's producer.
"This is the last," she states firmly, when asked if the film might signify a comeback, given the rosy year the local movie industry has enjoyed in 2013 with Anthony Chen's landmark victory at the Golden Horse Awards for Ilo Ilo.
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