Lilting - Hong Khaou

"Coming out" seems like so 1999, and there are thousand and thousand LGBT-themed movies about that. Lilting is really a simple story, I can't really say much without giving anything away. It's about coming out and it's not about coming out. The choice of focusing the story on the mother (Cheng Pei Pei) and her deceased son's secret lover (Ben Whishaw) is some what weirdly captivating. It's also interesting because they don't have a common tongue, they couldn't understand each other, they couldn't communicate. So how this relationship works? (I guess you have to find it out yourself.)

It is a really slow paced movie, nothing much happened visibly. Khaou brought something fresh and not often seen on the table, the prospective of a mother in a gay movie, it's not about accepting. It's more about self-realisation. The struggles within the 2 characters. Things are in the tip of your lips but you do not date to let them slip. Things that you never admit to yourself or even dare to think about it.

I am trying to compare it with other similar movies, but I couldn't think of any, despite the fact the amount of gay movies I have seen. I genuinely think there isn't anything like this in the market or even something close that has a similar approach.

Lilting is a touching debut from Hong Khaou, with brilliant actors that move us all.

Blue is the Warmest Colour - Abdellatif Kechiche

"La Vie d'Adèle"

If you like lesbian sex, you would love this movie!

Despite my limited french I still went in to the cinema and tried to conquer this year's Palme d'Or winner.

I would like this movie more if it were shorter (at least 1 hour please), this 179 mins flick is not for everyone. 1/6 of the movie is basically graphic lesbian sex, by graphic I meant porn. Only if I were watching porn, I could at least skip to the interesting part! I felt like I was forced to watch almost all the possible ways lesbians could do it. (if you are into this kind of stuff, then I promise this is the movie for you). I was not prepared for this. At one point it was too predictable that what they are going to do next. Yes, the title already says it all, the life of Adele, I'm stupid enough not to put into thought that sex is one of the MAJOUR elements of ones life. It's just too much for me, that's all.

In general, it's a good movie. How Adele struggles to her live her life and deal with her sexuality, are pretty intriguing. We could easily find movie depicting gay people dealing with their problem but not a lesbian. I'm not saying there aren't any, it's just harder.
One advice, just prepare yourself before you walk into the cinema for this blue experience.

WIll update this when I watch it again with subtitles.