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Lilting
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The movie is about Richard’s story. He trying to connect Kai’s mother with the world after Kai’s death. Kai’s mother is a Cambodian Chinese who doesn’t know anything about English. Kai is the connection between Kai’s mother and the world without saying with her that he is a gay.
The movie is about Richard’s story. He trying to connect Kai’s mother with the world after Kai’s death. Kai’s mother is a Cambodian Chinese who doesn’t know anything about English. Kai is the connection between Kai’s mother and the world without saying with her that he is a gay.
Actors:
Pei-Pei Cheng,
Peter Bowles,
Ben Whishaw,
Morven Christie,
Andrew Leung,
Naomi Christie
Pei-Pei Cheng
4 December 1946, Shanghai, China
Peter Bowles
16 October 1936, London, England, UK
Ben Whishaw
14 October 1980, Clifton, Bedfordshire, England, UK
Morven Christie
1981, Dumbartonshire, Scotland, UK
Andrew Leung
Naomi Christie
Director:
Hong Khaou
Hong Khaou
22 October 1975, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Country:
United States
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October 16, 2014
A quiet chamber piece that reflects on family, communication, grief and misunderstanding.
October 16, 2014
If "Lilting" was a play, it would run for months.
October 09, 2014
Khaou insists on sticking with a glacial pace and lip-trembling emotional repression when a little bit of melodrama might have gone a long way.
October 02, 2014
Despite a strong start, the filmmaker doesn't exactly know where to go with it. Still, there are moments before things get away from him that are captivating to watch and lovely to listen to, lilting.
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October 17, 2014
Lilting stars wilting from its very first scene.
February 26, 2016
Khaou carefully constructs each scene for maximum impact-intentional repetition expressing the experience's ever-changing evolution.
October 16, 2014
A more fitting title for the film would be "Limping."
October 16, 2014
Guilt hangs over "Lilting," a suffocating haze so thick that it permeates every unspoken, non-understood word between characters trying to traverse a frustrating gulf of language and grief.
May 27, 2015
Lilting offers no quick fixes to its characters' tragedy, but its narrative will resonate.
October 16, 2014
It is, as the title suggests, sweet - but also slight.
September 29, 2015
[Lilting] wears its heart on its sleeve, but without bleeding too much, and is overly square and precise, but also a welcome reprieve from the irony-prone fair that most often fills our cinemas.
October 10, 2014
Hong, who makes his feature debut here, has a masterful command of rhythm, beautifully weaving each strand of the narrative around that momentous opening scene.