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‘Hearing’ Review: Lê Bảo Continues His Sensory Exploration With an Arresting Study in Silence

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Vietnamese director Lê Bảo has made a film called 'Hearing' about an extended family confronting years of silence and estrangement. Per Variety, it's a sensuous, intuitive mood piece where communication emerges slowly—and nothing in it plays as obvious as the title might suggest.

Source: https://variety.com/2026/film/reviews/hearing-review-1236831250/

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