Hong Khaou : 2014
The sudden death of a young London man named Kai leaves his headstrong Chinese-Cambodian mother, Junn, and his lover, Richard, each in a personal and profound state of grief. Feeling a strong sense of responsibility toward Kai's only family member, Richard reaches out to Junn, who has been biding time in an assisted-living home. Though Junn speaks little English, her dislike of Richard is plain, and she meets him with stony resistance. Since they share no common language, Richard hires a translator to facilitate communication, and the two improbable relatives attempt to reach across a chasm of misunderstanding through their memories of Kai. Moving between the real and imaginary to express the unspeakable loss that both characters experience, Hong Khaou's intimate feature debut premiered at Sundance Film Festival 2014, where it won the World Cinema Cinematography Award.
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