Lilting is a 2014 British drama film written and directed by Cambodian-born British director Hong Khaou, whose short film, Spring, was selected for Sundance and Berlinale film festival 2011.
We observe their difficulties in trying to connect with one another without a common language, as through a translator they begin to piece together memories of a man they both loved. Her world is further disrupted by the presence of a stranger.
In contemporary London, a Cambodian Chinese mother mourns the untimely death of her son.
