The way we talk2025

The plot sharpens its critique of systemic discrimination through the friendship of three characters, addressing issues from the distribution of educational resources to workplace adjustments, revealing the challenging reality of legalizing the status of Hong Kong sign language. In the climactic courtroom scene, the film establishes a milestone for deaf cinema in Asia by invoking Article 21 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which safeguards the right to sign language.

Interwoven Life Dialectics

• Zi Xin (played by Neo Yau), a sign language teacher, insists on a deaf-centric culture and rejects cochlear implants.
• Alan (played by Marco Ng Chi-ho), a bimodal communicator, navigates the boundaries between the deaf and hearing worlds.
• Su En (played by Chung Suet-ying), a speech therapy struggler, pays the price of being labeled as "normal."