Whispers in the Belly (2025)
Family pains and abdominal cramps—anyone can allow their body to endure the turbulent intrusion alone. After living in Norway for years, Ling brings her foreign boyfriend home to Hong Kong. The family reunion is seemingly harmonious yet unspoken rifts and resentment will be revealed through family therapy. Will it end in reconciliation or a split-up? Bobby YU Shuk-pui, winner of Best Director at the 17th Fresh Wave, brings her family’s story to the silver screen. With real-life family members appearing on screen, the film examines intergenerational conflict through the lens of the young. With scenes of conversational therapy shot like direct cinema and shifting between fiction and reality through switching aspect ratios, the film faithfully and naturally presents the emotional vortex among family members.
Director: Bobby Yu Shuk-Pui
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Bobby Yu Shuk-Pui as |
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Carney Yip Man Wai as |
| Directing | Bobby Yu Shuk-Pui | Director |
| Writing | Bobby Yu Shuk-Pui | Writer |
| Camera | Leung Ming-kai | Director of Photography |
| Production | Christine Wong Wai Man | Producer |
| Camera | Lau Chun-Sing | First Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Saturday Chu | Location Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Amy Chan Tsz Kwan | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Amy Chan Tsz Kwan | Sound Mixer |
| Art | Umi Ngai Fung-Mei | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Umi Ngai Fung-Mei | Costume Designer |
| Directing | Ya Leung Yat-nga | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Yeung King-lun | Editor |
| Editing | Yeung King-lun | Colorist |
| Sound | Kung Chi-yip | Music |
| Production | Benson Ng Ka Wai | Production Assistant |
| Directing | Rain Chan Ka Wing | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Jana Pang Hei Tung | Production Assistant |
| Production | Hiram Tsang | Production Assistant |
