Lilting

Name: Lilting
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: September 26, 2014
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 61
Cast: Andrew Leung, Ben Whishaw, Pei-pei Cheng, Peter Bowles

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Strand Releasing | Release Date: September 26, 2014 | Not Rated

Starring: Andrew Leung, Ben Whishaw, Pei-pei Cheng, Peter Bowles

Summary: Set in contemporary London, Lilting tells the story of a Cambodian-Chinese mother mourning the untimely death of her son. Her world is suddenly disrupted by the presence of a stranger. Though they don’t share a common language, a translator helps piece together the memories of a man they both loved. [Strand Releasing]

Director: Hong Khaou

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 91 min

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IndieWire Mary Sollosi

Aug 24, 2014

Whishaw's sensitive performance gives Lilting its emotional intensity. Read full review

Kevin Harley

Aug 24, 2014

It’s the fully invested leads and graceful, poetic direction that give this study of emotional interiors its subtly heartbreaking power. Read full review

Daniel Green

Aug 24, 2014

Lilting looks set to linger on in the memory of those who seek it out for weeks, months and perhaps even years to come. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Dan Callahan

Sep 26, 2014

Lilting suffers from a lack of plausibility in its central situation and elsewhere. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Aug 24, 2014

This debut feature from the Cambodian-born, London-based film-maker Hong Khaou is heartfelt, intelligent film-making on a shoestring budget. Read full review

Time Out London Dave Calhoun

Aug 24, 2014

There are times when it feels underpowered or unfocused... but this is an intelligent, sensitive debut. Read full review

Chuck Bowen

Sep 21, 2014

Lilting doesn't have any momentum or any sense of ambiguity, once the setup has been established. Read full review

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lasttimeisaw

Nov 4, 2014

The debut film from Cambodian director Hong Khaou, which is indeed a UK production, pairs the outed actor Ben Whishaw with Chinese actress Pei-Pei Cheng, who is the Kungfu heroine in her prime and has launched a strong comeback in Ang Lee’s masterful CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (2000,The debut film from Cambodian director Hong Khaou, which is indeed a UK production, pairs the outed actor Ben Whishaw with Chinese actress Pei-Pei Cheng, who is the Kungfu heroine in her prime and has launched a strong comeback in Ang Lee’s masterful CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (2000, 10/10) as the villainous Jade Fox. And the story is rather plain-speaking, Whishaw is Richard, a young gay man loses his boyfriend Kai (Leung) in a car accident, and he has to take care of Kai’s mother Junn (Pei-Pei), who has been put in an elderly house since Kai never comes out to her.

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foxgrove

Sep 26, 2014

Lilting is slow to the point of almost stopping. Here we have yet another film purporting to be full of the meaning of life and love whilst nearly sending its audience to sleep. The story structure is uneven, and it is only really due to the performance of Ben Whishaw that the film managesLilting is slow to the point of almost stopping. Here we have yet another film purporting to be full of the meaning of life and love whilst nearly sending its audience to sleep. The story structure is uneven, and it is only really due to the performance of Ben Whishaw that the film manages to survive at all. He is usually good, sometimes brilliant, and here what emotion there is he elicits effortlessly in two or three beautiful moments. Peter Bowles is employed to provide an accommodating audience with some easy laughs, which are actually very resistible. However, one dinner scene is quite funny. The ending is a damp squib as it tells us absolutely nothing about where the characters are going.… Expand

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