Lilting (2014) on Netflix
Junn, a Cambodian-Chinese mother, lives in a care home near London. Her only son has died, and Richard, her son's lover, comes to see her. They share no language.
- Netflix3.8/5
- IMDb7.2/106,906 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes84%
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Plot summary
Junn lives in a care institution near London. She is Cambodian-Chinese and has lost her only child, the last of her family. Richard, the man her son loved for four years, comes to visit her. She and Richard do not speak each other's language, and a translator sits with them when they meet. Their grief is shared, and the translator lets them trade memories of the man they both loved. Junn wants to know who her son was; Richard is mourning the partner he lost. The meetings are hard for both of them, yet they grow close through what they have lost.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Lilting (2014)
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- The script for Lilting, originally titled Lilting the Past, placed third on the 2011 Brit List, a ranking of the best unproduced British screenplays.
- During production, Michael Winterbottom mentored writer-director Hong Khaou and Ken Marshall mentored producer Dominic Buchanan as part of the Microwave scheme.
- Director Hong Khaou said the film would be visually inspired by Wong Kar-wai's In the Mood for Love.
