Ting shuo / Hear Me - Taiwanese Deaf Film

It is a rare opportunity to be able to watch an entire Taiwanese film perfectly dubbed. Now imagine the luck when I found a Taiwanese deaf film called "Ting shuo", or "Hear Me", completely subbed in English, available on Youtube. Of course, being interested in the Deaf Community, I had to watch it.

The film focuses on two sisters who communicate using sign language, and a boy, also fluent in sign, who fancies the younger girl. It is a tale of romance, while addressing top issues within the deaf community and the outside world. Only parts of the film are spoken, so the emotions and signing the characters display and show are the main medium for storyline. 

As with many Taiwanese films, there is a heck of a lot of drama, and this is incredibly well done in Ting Shuo. The story is very touching, and beautiful. It manages on the whole to avoid cheese, though the extent of the guy's infatuation may seem a little creepy to other viewers. 

I would defiantly recommend this film to others.

The Plot: +10 Points

The Quality of Drama: +10 Points

Music/Settings/Charisma of the film: +10 Points

The Characters: +10 points

Cheese: - 2 Points

Bonus Points: +3 for humour, +5 for topic

This film scores 46 points! Equal to 5 stars!