The Khmer and English-language drama will screen in the festival’s A Window on Asian Cinema section. The film is a co-production between India, China, Hong Kong, Cambodia and Indonesia.
Set in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, “Whisperings of the Moon” follows theater actress Nisay who returns to her hometown after her father’s death, reigniting a passionate romance with her former lover Thida. Trapped by societal constraints of family, duty and social expectations, their love can only survive in memory and on stage, forcing a heartbreakingly rational farewell.
The film stars Sopheanith Thong as Nisay and Deka Nine as Thida, both students from Cambodia’s Acting Art Academy who met director Lai Yuqing through…
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