AkiandNaokoarechildhoodfriendswhoaredriftingapartasadults.Immersedinherfamilylife,Naokonowhasahusban[展开全部]
AkiandNaokoarechildhoodfriendswhoaredriftingapartasadults.Immersedinherfamilylife,Naokonowhasahusbandanddaughter;Aki,ontheotherhand,remainssingleandisonleavefromworkduetoapersonalcrisis.Theplotmightsoundfamiliarbutithasneverbeentoldlikethis.ThedirectorKusanoNatsukastagestheinteractionsthroughanactors’table-readand,asthelinesarerepeated,thescenesgraduallydevelopintoon-locationconversations.Moreover,sherepositionsthedramaticpeakofthestorytothebeginning:AkihasmurderedNaoko’sdaughter.Structurallyinventive,Kusano’sdaringcinemaimplements‘distantiation’effectstogettotheheartoffriendshipissuesattimeswhenlifehassettled.Whiletherepetitionsconveythesuffocationofrolepatternsinbothfriendshipandfamily,alineleftoutoraddedinunsettlesandremindsuslifecantakeunexpectedturns.[收起部分]