The Old Man And His Car, the debut feature from Singaporean filmmaker Michael Kam, swiftly covers some of the well-traversed griefs of one’s senior years in Singapore: Losing elderly friends to illness, the sorrow and solitude of widowhood, the quiet of an empty nest as children and grandchildren move away.

The film then proposes another less-explored passage of life: Witnessing the decline in one’s driving faculties and deciding to give up one’s car.

Marking its world premiere at the Tokyo International Film Festival on Sunday (Nov 2), The Old Man And His Car follows Hock, a widower who decides to sell his beloved car and prepares to emigrate to Canada to live with his son.

The character of Hock is played by veteran actor Lim Kay Tong, who tells CNA Lifestyle that it was an easy dec

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