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23 June 2007 (Japan) morePlot:
A caregiver at a small retirement home takes one of her patients for drive to the country, but the two wind up stranded in a forest where they embark on an exhausting and enlightening two-day journey. | add synopsisAwards:
2 wins & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Hauntingly beautiful moreCast
(Credited cast) | Yoichiro Saito | ... | Machiko's husband |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Kanako Masuda | ... | Mako |
| Machiko Ono | ... | Machiko |
| Shigeki Uda | ... | Shigeki |
| Makiko Watanabe | ... | Wakako |
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Also Known As:
La forêt de Mogari (France)The Forest of Mogari (International: English title) (literal title)
The Mourning Forest (International: English title) (festival title)
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97 minLanguage:
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Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | South Korea:All | Argentina:13 | Netherlands:ALFilming Locations:
Nara, JapanFAQ
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I found The Mourning Forest a poetic and hauntingly beautiful meditation on death, old age, sadness and letting go. I haven't actively sought films that fit into the 'contemplative cinema' category at MIFF, but this is one of several I've seen so far.
The film is effectively a two-hander: Shigeki, an elderly and energetic resident of a retirement home, and Machiko, a young and inexperienced caregiver. The film focuses on their interactions and what happens when Machiko takes Shigeki for a drive on his birthday. While other characters assume fleeting roles, there is a recurring theme of death and mourning, a point that is reinforced by both the title and on-screen comments at film's end. While this may sound morbid, it is anything but.
The cinematography is stunning, capturing the beauty of wind-swept fields, overhead shots of finely-trimmed symmetrical arrays of hedges, and mountain forest scenery. There are long takes where nothing of much significance seems to transpire and yet the film remains completely engaging. The human drama is depicted as inexplicably linked to nature, a poetic theme that Japanese cinema sometimes conveys so effectively.
One slight negative: there was a little bit of unnecessary camera shake that distracted slightly. I saw The Mourning Forest when it screened at the Melbourne International Film Festival.