Soundless Wind Chime (2009)

Ricky leaves Hong Kong for Switzerland to look for the lost soul and the past of his deceased Swiss lover, Pascal. Ricky struggles with the confusion of memories, reality and illusion.

In this spare, elegant, and moving film, two men of different races, different backgrounds, and different temperaments find themselves falling for one another. Their love story has been woven into this gorgeous tapestry of a film.

Spare, elegant and moving, the love story of Pascal and Ricky has been woven into this gorgeous tapestry of a film. Told through flashbacks and memories, the emotionally rich, Soundless Wind Chime tells of the journey of Ricky, searching for his own lost soul and discovering the past of his Swiss lover, Pascal. With the love story as the central anchor of the film there are other fragments swirling around that make for a perfect, completed puzzle. While this sounds confusing, the film is so gracefully constructed by writer/director Kit Hung, it all works. Ricky is Chinese and Pascal, Swiss. Their love story is told in English, as that's the language they spoke. Pascal was rough street trade; his abusive boyfriend sent him to the streets to pick pockets. Tiring of his creepy partner, Pascal flees their seedy apartment. At a street café he meets a very shy Ricky, a waiter. Breaking through Ricky’s private nature, their shared attraction took hold. Their relationship was marred by jealous spats, punctuated by intensely passionate lovemaking. Shot with an intimacy and intelligence seldom seen in an indie, Soundless Wind Chime is a superb debut feature from Kit Hung; one that will open new doors for all those open to its pleasures.

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INFO:
ORIGINAL TITLE: Soundless Wind Chime
YEAR: 2009
DIRECTOR: Wing Kit Hung
GENRE: Drama
RUNTIME: Germany:110 min (Berlin International Film Festival)
COUNTRY: Hong Kong | Switzerland | China
LANGUAGE: English | German | Cantonese
CAST: Bernhard Bulling, Li Fong, Wella Zhang, Wong Siu Ying, Yulai Lu
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USER RATING: 6.8/10
KEYWORDS: Switzerland | Hong Kong | Prostitute | Beijing China | Parkinsons Disease | more...