Only the Shadows Move
2023, Cantonese. Directed by Terence Li.
Kevin, a young theatre director from Hong Kong, is searching for ideas for his next play with his team, hoping to get funding for an overseas production. Frank, a middle-aged hairdresser in Berlin, is performing his daily routine. Coincidences bring them together, though their friendship is dictated by the parameters of the smartphone. Kevin decides to adapt the stories of the Berlin Wall to the stage, as old memories of living in East Berlin come flooding back to Frank. Shadows, in their literal and metaphorical sense, become the third wheel which silently alters their lives and turns into a story that transcends the boundaries of reason. Through this experimental work, director Terence LI sheds light on the inner space-time of the queer and the displaced.
- Runtime
- 0h 25m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- Cantonese
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- Released
- 10 June 2023
- Original title
- 只有影子在動
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Written by
- Terence Li
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Only the Shadows Move isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 10 June 2023. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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If you liked Only the Shadows Move, try Hardball, Cardboard Boxer, All About Ah-Long.
Who directed Only the Shadows Move?
Only the Shadows Move (2023) was directed by Terence Li and stars Anderson Tsang Man-kin, Marcus Meyer, Ben Rademacher.