Lilting

Lilting is a British drama about two people brought together by a death they mourn separately. Junn, a Chinese-Cambodian woman who has lived in London for years without learning English, resides in a care home. Richard, the longtime partner of her son Kai, arrives after Kai dies unexpectedly, hoping to share their loss. Junn either does not know or does not accept that Richard and Kai were a couple, and the two have no common language. With the help of an interpreter, they attempt to reach each other while holding on to their own memories of the man they both loved. The film's central conflict lies in that difficult, tentative communication, complicated by cultural distance and by what was never spoken.

The film was written and directed by Hong Khaou and produced by Dominic Buchanan. It was Khaou's first feature, followed years later by Monsoon. Ben Whishaw plays Richard, Cheng Pei-pei plays Junn, and Andrew Leung appears as Kai, with Morven Christie, Naomi Yang and Peter Bowles in supporting roles.

Released in 2014, Lilting runs 91 minutes. On TMDB it holds a rating of 6.9 out of 10 from 133 votes.