25. festival gejevskega in lezbičnega filma

Neslišno pritrkavanje vetra (Soundless Wind Chime / Wu sheng feng ling)

drama, Švica/Kitajska, 2008, 100’, digibeta pal, slov. pod.

Scenarij, režija in montaža: Kit Hung
Glavne vloge: Lu Yuali, Bernhard Bulling, Marie Omlin, Gilles Tschudi, Ruth Schwegler
Fotografija: Alex Shi Yue
Zvok: Robert Porter
Glasba: Claudio Puntin, Insa Rudolph
Produkcija: Keep In Touch Company, Das Kollektiv für audiovisuelle Werke GmbH v koprodukciji s 10mm Films

Kitajski priseljenec Ricky in Švicar Pascal sta se pred leti spoznala v Hong Kongu. Prvi je delal kot natakar in živel pri svoji teti, ki je prostitutka, drugi se je preživljal kot tat in užival prednosti, ki mu jih je nudil položaj Evropejca v Aziji. Ko Pascala zlorabi njegov sostanovalec, se preseli k Rickyju, vendar njuno razmerje nikakor ni enostavno. Po Pascalovi smrti v prometni nezgodi se Ricky odpravi na potovanje v Švico in raziskuje preteklost umrlega ljubimca. V neimenovani vasi sreča Uelija, ki je zelo podoben umrlemu Pascalu, vendar ima povsem drug značaj. Poetičen film o prepletanju spominov in sedanjosti.

Soundless Wind Chime is the poetic journey of Ricky, searching for the past of his deceased Swiss lover Pascal. They met as immigrants in Hong Kong where Ricky worked as a waiter and Pascal tried to survive as a thief. They fell in love and Pascal moved in with Ricky. When Pascal passes away in an accident, Ricky carries hir grief to Switzerland where he meets Ueli, a man that looks identical to Pascal but has a totally different personality.