Locarno International Film Festival 2026 | Hamburg International Film Festival 2026 | BFI London Film Festival 2026 |
Ninh lives with his mother and misses his ex-wife Ngoc and their young children. As a mechanic who installs decibel meters in public spaces and homes, Ninh observes the silence that haunts relationships. Ninh hopes his separated parents will make peace and start talking again. Afraid of losing the people he loves, he must learn to face the unexpected changes life brings.
Born in 1990 in Saigon, Lê Bảo is an acclaimed self-trained Vietnamese filmmaker. In his youth, he watched foreign films on his computer and made his first short film with a borrowed camera. His short films and his debut feature, Taste, about an injured Nigerian footballer and four women in Ho Chi Minh City, won the Encounters Special Jury Award in Berlin. Hearing is his ode to the people and places he loves.
Heretic
