Eating Air

Eating Air
Theatrical release poster
Traditional Chinese吃風
Simplified Chinese吃风
Literal meaning“Having a good time” in Hokkien slang
Hanyu PinyinChī fēng
Hokkien POJJiak hong
Directed by
Written by
  • Kelvin Tong
  • Jasmine Ng
Produced by
  • Loraine Frugniet
  • Mabelyn Ow
Starring
Cinematography
  • Lucas Jodogne
  • Mary Van Kets
Edited byJasmine Ng
Music by
  • Joe Ng
  • Seens
  • Jason Tan
  • Nigel Woodford
Production
companies
  • YTC Pictures
  • Multi-Story Complex
Distributed byUnited International Pictures
Release date
  • 9 December 1999 (1999-12-09)
Running time
107 minutes
CountrySingapore
Languages
  • Mandarin
  • Hokkien
  • English
  • Malay
BudgetS$800,000

Eating Air (Chinese: 吃風) is a 1999 Singaporean action romantic drama film directed by Kelvin Tong and Jasmine Ng, starring Benjamin Heng and Alvina Toh as two disaffected teenagers who are in love and about their days of being wild and crazy. Billed as "a motorcycle kung-fu love story", the directorial feature debut of Tong and Ng has since been considered a cult classic among the local film community.