The most acclaimed Japanese film of 2015 interweaves the personal aspirations of three characters as they undergo at different stages and in different orders introspective journeys of romantic hope, disappointment, and loss. A bridge-repairer quietly goes on with life after the senseless murder of his wife. A gay lawyer holds a secret love close to his heart. A housewife dreams of a life large enough to contain her sense of self-worth.
Together, the three low-key but high-temperature quests for romantic peace depict love as lingering fevers resistant to diagnosis and immune to easy remedy. Hashiguchi Ryosuke (All Around Us) makes few films now, but when he does, they are dramas for adults: uncompromising, hardened, and immensely felt. His magnificent slices of life are troves of truth and are thick with the exhalation of endurance. ?Brian Hu
Monday, May 2 - 8:00 PM
For more information, please visit: www.festival.sdaff.org
Together, the three low-key but high-temperature quests for romantic peace depict love as lingering fevers resistant to diagnosis and immune to easy remedy. Hashiguchi Ryosuke (All Around Us) makes few films now, but when he does, they are dramas for adults: uncompromising, hardened, and immensely felt. His magnificent slices of life are troves of truth and are thick with the exhalation of endurance. ?Brian Hu
Monday, May 2 - 8:00 PM
For more information, please visit: www.festival.sdaff.org
