Wednesday, July 13, 2011
FAMILY AFFAIR
Today's film was the Japanese family study
This slowly evolving, sweet and bitter family drama is beautifully told. Nuance counts.
Three generations get together for remembrance of a son and brother who was lost in the sea saving another boy.
Memory combines with the present to show how the family keeps the myths and the facts alive at the same time. Sweetness gives way to bitterness in a flash.
All photographed in a beautifully serene setting.
This Japanese family is very close to my own. The Grandad is my Dad. The Grandmother, my Mom. I am probably the son.
The newcomers to the family are drawn in and also moderate the dynamics.
I felt as though I was seeing everything. No holds barred. They do not see it but we do.
The ending is well worth staying for.
This is a 4 out of Netflix5.
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