If the title music is anything to go by this will be a gentle sentimental sad little film. Grandma is wrapping sea urchin in cucumber. The sushi preparations made me hungry for some (corn tempura anybody?) It bimbles along, amiable in-house family chat. By about half way I’ve got bored by it though, even slightly [...]
Child neglect. Irresponsible parenting. Abandonment by feckless mother. Her 4 kids left to fend for themselves in a tiny flat on their own. Nobody knows. Think I’ll prepare myself for sadness in advance. Something grim is going to happen, possibly tragic. Well, nothing too grim happens for about an hour and a half. They’re all [...]
After life you aren’t quite finished with the life you were yet; you get sent to a way station; there, you’ve got 3 days to come up with the most memorable moment of your life. You’ve got to be careful choosing it; cus you’re gonna have to live with it for the rest of eternity. [...]
I’m probably going to be liking this film i thought to myself after about 5 minutes. Composed silence, still camera, slow melancholy. The absence of big melodrama and fluffed up feelings. Everything understated with quiet. Dim and doom. Subdued colours, dark corners. Gloom hangs over like grief, choking the light out of every scene. Half [...]
