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Aug 8, 2014 · Lilting: Directed by Hong Khaou. With Ben Whishaw, Pei-Pei Cheng, Andrew Leung, Morven Christie. A young man of Chinese-Cambodian descent dies, leaving behind his isolated mother and his 4-year male lover, who grieve but don't speak a lick of each other's language.
Andrew Leung as Kai; Production. The script, originally titled Lilting the Past, won third spot in the 2011 Brit List, a list of the best unproduced British screenplays. The film was one of three films greenlit by Microwave in early 2012.
Sep 26, 2014 · Junn (Cheng Pei Pei) is an elderly Chinese-Cambonian woman who emigrated to Britain decades ago but still depends entirely on her son Kai (Andrew Leung). In the first scene, we see the way she manipulates and guilt trips him; she wonders why he is visiting her as if she were “a pet.”Junn, it turns out, has been put into an oddly decorated ...
Sep 25, 2014 · Directed by Hong Khaou. Drama, Romance. Not Rated. 1h 23m. By Manohla Dargis. Sept. 25, 2014. The lachrymose British drama “Lilting” pivots on the prickly relationship between two people who are...
Sep 26, 2014 · In London, a Cambodian mother mourns her son as she struggles to connect with someone.
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Jan 17, 2014 · Suddenly Alan becomes Kai (Andrew Leung), Junn’s adult son, and he promises to take her out of there and let her move in with him. She hugs him close; that’s all she wanted. Unfortunately, when...
Oct 2, 2014 · By Betsy Sharkey. Oct. 2, 2014 4:04 PM PT. Los Angeles Times Film Critic. “Lilting,” starring Cheng Pei-pei and Ben Whishaw, is a lyrical little chamber piece on language, playing with what words...
