Lilting

Year: 2014

Country: UK

Plot: An intimate and thoughtful film about what is like to live in a world where you have no grasp of its language, and your only lifeline to that is lost. Its about falling in love without a common language, forming relationships without a common language. How necessary it is to overcome cultural and generational barriers. Memory, grief, our familiar and often difficulties with language and communication are explored.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.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. We observe their difficulties in ...

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