Lilting
LGBTQ+ Voices
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1h 26m
Directed by Hong Khaou | 86 mins | 2014
Subtle but charged performances from both Ben Whishaw and Hong Kong icon Cheng Pei-Pei ("Come Drink with Me") anchor Hong Khaou’s haunting directorial debut, in which the death of a young, gay, Cambodian-Chinese man brings together his grieving mother and the lover she refused to acknowledge. Winner of a Sundance Cinematography Award.
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