Lilting
Director: Hong Khaou
Country & Year: UK, 2014
Starring: Ben Whishaw and Cheng Pei Pei
Chinese & English with subtitles
Thirty years after leaving China for England, Junn lives alone in a home for the elderly in London. Her only companion is the memory of her son, Kai, whose untimely death has left her isolated in a culture she never fully assimilated into. Junn’s solitude is disrupted by Richard, whose relationship with her son was not what she had thought. With the help of a translator, Junn and Richard come to know each other in grief. Their mutual love for Kai transcends boundaries of language. “Sometimes, it seems we understand one another.”
ShanghaiPRIDE Film Festival is honored to present Hong Khaou’s debut feature for its first public screening in Shanghai. Lilting received award nominations at BIFA, BAFTA and Sundance, taking home the 2014 prize for Cinematography.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6LO7fGmezc
《轻轻摇晃》
导演：洪皓
地区及时间：英国，2014
本·威士肖与郑佩佩主演
双语配音及字幕
离家30年远赴英国的Junn在伦敦一家老年公寓生活。与她相伴的只有对亡子Kai的回忆。Kai的突然离世也让她在这一从未完全融入的异国文化中无比孤立。然而Junn的的独处被Richard的出现所打破。Richard与她儿子的恋情也是她未曾想到的。在一位翻译的帮助下，Junn和Richard在悲痛中逐渐了解彼此。他们对Kai共同的爱跨越了语言的隔阂：“有的时候，我们似乎都能理解对方。”
上海骄傲电影节十分荣幸承办洪皓导演这部作品在上海的首次公共放映。《轻轻摇晃》英国独立电影奖、英国电影学院奖和圣丹斯国际电影节中均有提名，并斩获了2014年圣丹斯影节的最佳摄影奖。
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