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Lilting: Directed by Hong Khaou. With Ben Whishaw, Pei-Pei Cheng, Andrew Leung, Morven Christie. A young man of French, Chinese, and Cambodian descent dies, leaving behind his isolated mother and his 4-year male lover, who grieve but don't speak a lick of each other's language.
In a country institution near London lives a Cambodian-Chinese mother who has just suffered the loss of the last of her family, her only child. Two people are bought together even though language and emotional barriers stand between them.
Hong Khaou's debut film Lilting offers a very interesting 'lost in translation' dynamic. What do you get when you put a homophobic elderly Chinese woman in the same room as her deceased son's boyfriend who feels a responsibility to her? Ben Whisaw and Pei-pei Cheng are terrific as the pair.
Lilting (2014) - * Junn: Through plenty of crying, I've learnt to be content that I won't always be happy, secure in my loneliness, hopeful that I will be able to cope. Every year on Christmas Day I get very lonely.
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The film is emotionally intense but not frightening. A young man has died an accidental death before the beginning of the film, and through current events and flashbacks, this loss is explored in the film by both his partner and his elderly mother.
Official US Trailer. In contemporary London, a Cambodian Chinese mother mourns the untimely death of her son. Her world is further disrupted by the presence of a stranger.
2014 Nominee Douglas Hickox Award. Hong Khaou. 2014 Nominee British Independent Film Award. Best Actress. Pei-Pei Cheng. 2014 Nominee British Independent Film Award. Best Achievement in Production.
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North Sea Texas: Directed by Bavo Defurne. With Ben Van den Heuvel, Eva van der Gucht, Thomas Coumans, Katelijne Damen. A teenage boy's search for love finds him fixated on a boy who lives nearby.
