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The Way We Talk
Adam Wong (The Way We Keep Dancing, NYAFF 2021) presents his most heartfelt film yet with this empathetic coming-of-age drama. Sophie, Wolf, and Alan are young people navigating life in Hong Kong, all sharing one trait: deafness. Wolf and Alan grew up together attending a school for the hearing impaired, while Sophie received an implant and attended mainstream school. When Sophie meets Wolf and Alan, she embarks on a journey to learn sign language, prompting all three to reflect deeply on identity, language, and acceptance. With clever sound design and dialogue largely in sign language, Wong immerses viewers in his characters’ experiences, celebrating diversity, language, and inclusion.