Team: KRSS_Hichew

School: Kent Ridge Secondary School

Sweet or Sour is a short film that dives into the impact of a single moment on a man’s life. Billy, now a janitor at his old secondary school, following through his habitual retirement days. Until his routine was disrupted when a student’s simple act of kindness pulls him into a reminiscent of a pivotal moment from Billy’s troubled teenage years, pulling him back into his past. Flashbacks shows young Billy, a promising student grappling with personal struggles.His friend, Leo’s offer of a candy as an escape from his sorrows, in which sets off a chain reaction that leads Billy down a path of addiction and regret. The film delves into a hallucinatory confrontation with his own reflection, capturing Billy’s descent into worthlessness and anger.