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Post by Cat on Aug 4, 2022 18:49:06 GMT
Lengthy (just shy of 2 hours and 20 minutes), well directed, and super well acted. A couple cannot reproduce. They're turned to an agency that specializes in letting pregnant women who can't raise their own children give their babies up for adoption. They acquire a newborn baby through this agency. Years later but while the baby is still a child, the mother who gave him up contacts the adopted family to have him returned.
That's the plot in a nutshell, but the story is so much more than the sum of its plot, and it's directed by Naomi Kawase. I think it's really about the complexity of attachment among other things. I don't know if I'd recommend it to everyone, but if this is the type of movie you like, then you'll definitely like this one. Closest film I can think to relate to it is Drive My Car (2021). I liked it. I thought it was really good.
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Aug 5, 2022 9:09:43 GMT
Sounds good, I have liked the couple of Kawase films I've seen. And I did like Drive My Car. Also looks quite Kore-eda-esque
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Post by Cat on Aug 5, 2022 20:29:37 GMT
Sounds good, I have liked the couple of Kawase films I've seen. And I did like Drive My Car. Also looks quite Kore-eda-esque I'll grab more of hers when I see them. Until the other night, I'd only seen Sweet Bean, and that was just a lucky random find from a few months ago. I'm glad I found her.
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Aug 6, 2022 1:53:32 GMT
Sounds good, I have liked the couple of Kawase films I've seen. And I did like Drive My Car. Also looks quite Kore-eda-esque I'll grab more of hers when I see them. Until the other night, I'd only seen Sweet Bean, and that was just a lucky random find from a few months ago. I'm glad I found her. I need to get around to Sweet Bean and Mourning Forrest. I've only seen Still the Water (8) and Radiance (7)
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Post by Cat on Aug 7, 2022 17:27:11 GMT
I'll grab more of hers when I see them. Until the other night, I'd only seen Sweet Bean, and that was just a lucky random find from a few months ago. I'm glad I found her. I need to get around to Sweet Bean and Mourning Forrest. I've only seen Still the Water (8) and Radiance (7) Mourning Forrest is next on my list, but I'll also take whatever the public library gives me.
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