Winner of the Queer Palm and Best Screenplay at Cannes, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s intricately structured drama delves into the fragility of boyhood. Bookended by fires and storms, delicate feelings of anger, confusion, and love swell through an exquisite final score from the late maestro Ryuichi Sakamoto.
With his trademark mix of tenderness and unexpected comedy, Japanese auteur Hirokazu Kore-eda (Shoplifters) explores the meaning of love and relationships in this quirky story of an “air doll” that comes to life. The loneliness of life in the city is perfectly captured with a melancholy beauty.
Con interviste a Hirokazu Kore’eda, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Wang Bing, Kiyoshi Kurosawa e Jia Zhangke, il documentario offre una prospettiva accurata del nuovo cinema taiwanese. Una fonte essenziale di uno dei capitoli più significativi del cinema del XX secolo.
Il cineasta giapponese Kore’eda ci regala un capolavoro umanista con questo racconto di perdono e genitorialità ricco di emozione, che osserva le dinamiche della famiglia protagonista con empatia, generosità e attenzione sconfinate, tanto da essere stato paragonato alle opere di Ozu Yasujirō.
Before winning the Palm D’Or with Shoplifters, Hirokazu Koreeda directed this crime thriller filled with nuance and complexity. Defying genre conventions, its whodunit aspect quickly makes room for a deeper exploration of truth, memory and the power of stories that we tell ourselves and others.
