Small Talk (Mandarin: 日常對話) is a 2016 Taiwanese documentary feature film in which the director Huang Hui-chen attempts to reveal and reconcile a painful past shared between herself and her mother A-nu, a lesbian Taoist priestess.
[2] Small Talk had its world premiere at the 53rd Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards on October 5, 2016, and was nominated for Best Documentary and Best Editing.
Through sit-down interviews, often ending in silence, Huang attempts to break down the wall that stands between herself and her mother for the past 20 years.
Small Talk world premiered at the 53rd Golden Horse Film Festival in Taiwan to critical acclaim, holding onto the number one spot for Audience Choice Award, beating out Edward Yang's A Brighter Summer Day for two consecutive weeks, before taking second place.
The Teddy Award jurors stated:Small Talk is the director's courageous portrayal of her family story, which gives an audience an inside look at a culture that we might not be familiar with.