The Red Thread

Like Chinese silk, ‘The Red Thread’ is by turns, gentle and strong, exploring a love that breaks through the divide of race and culture, a love that is both deeply physical and marriage of souls. Set against the backdop of 1830s Singapore where piracy, crime, triads and tigers are commonplace, this cultural romance follows the struggles of two lovers: Zhen, once the lowliest of Chinese coolies and triad members, later chosen to marry into a Peranakan family of Baba Chinese merchantsl; and Charlotte, an 18-year-old Scotish girl and sister of Singapore’s head of police. Two cultures bound together by the invisible threads of fate yet separated by cultural diversity.