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Lilting

2014, Movie, 1h 31min

Set in contemporary London, LILTING features intensely moving performances by martial-arts legend Cheng Pei Pei as Junn, a Cambodian-Chinese mother grieving the untimely death of her only son, and Ben Whishaw as her son’s lover, Richard. Set in her old-fashioned ways and not fully adjusted to the foreign culture she lives in, Junn finds her fragile world disrupted by Richard’s appearance. His attempts to communicate are first met with rejection and distrust—until Vann (Naomi Christie), a young translator hired by Richard, helps piece together the tender memories of the man they both loved. Graceful, moving, and humorous, LILTING explores the ways in which loss can bring us together even when cultures and generations set us far apart.

Country: United Kingdom

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Reviews

Critic Patrick Peters

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A mature and moving debut feature from Cambodian director Hong Khaou with strong turns from Whishaw and Pei-Pei.

Read full review at Empire

Critic Jonathan Romney

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This delicate low-budget British miniature weaves a complex disquisition on mourning, memory, love and language, with a confident avoidance of overt emotional rhetoric.

Read full review at The Guardian

Critic Dan Callahan

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The best scene in the film is aconfrontation between them where everything comes to a head, and Vann can barelykeep up with their anger and their jockeying for position.

Read full review at Roger Ebert

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Here's a possible movie description that's concise, Lilting is an intimate drama about finding common ground in grief. In contemporary London, a Cambodian Chinese mother mourns her son's sudden death. Her world is disrupted by the presence of his lover, whom she didn't know existed. Despite language barriers, they piece together memories of the man they both loved. Through a translator, they find solace in shared sorrow.