Khoo follows 'Magic' with 'Rose'

THR.com
28 Apr 2008

SINGAPORE -- Singapore director Eric Khoo has joined forces with local studio MediaCorp. Raintree Pictures to make the biopic "Chinese Rose," based on the life story of a famed Chinese cabaret dancer, Khoo said Monday.

"Rose" is Khoo's first film since "My Magic," which will compete for the Palme d'Or at May's Festival de Cannes.

The film centers on Rose Chan, a cabaret dancer turned striptease queen in the 1950s and '60s.

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