Quiet, not silent: what’s most remarkable about Lê’s second feature is the way it seems designed to reactivate your ears. Hearing is far more ambitious, both in settings—the action here seesaws between the capital and the countryside—and plot. Far more riveting are the moments when Lê, teaming again with Taste’s cinematographer Nguyen Vinh Phuc, lets his film wander free from cause-effect logic. The deeper you venture into Hearing, the looser your grip on reality is bound to feel—a measure of the film’s ensorcelling power. Hearing premiered at the 2026 Locarno Film Festival.