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Lilting

2014 · 91 min

A quiet, tender watch that asks patience as two grieving strangers circle each other, finding closeness through small gestures and halting translation.

Overview
A young man of Chinese-Cambodian descent dies, leaving behind his isolated mother and his lover of four years. Though the two don't share a language, they grow close through their grief.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • isolation
  • family
  • identity
  • love
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Where to watch in the UK

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Hong Khaou
Written by
Hong Khaou
Starring
Ben Whishaw, Cheng Pei-pei, Andrew Leung, Morven Christie, Naomi Yang, Peter Bowles, Shane Salter, Leila Wong
Music
Stuart Earl
Cinematography
Urszula Pontikos
Runtime
91 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English, Mandarin, Cantonese

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