Liam LoPinto has created this movie -- which has some animation and some live action -- about an Iranian boy befriending an old Japanese woman at a graveyard in Tokyo.
We hear the story told by Mehrdad (Naoto Shibata as a young one, Hassan Shahbazi in his older age) who remembers the Japanese woman and how he learned about grief and loss. It's an incredible mix of media that creates this film, a joy to watch and experience. As I always say, I cannot and will not live these lives, so the chance to do so through film is so important.
If you get the opportunity to see this, take it. It is a special movie.
We hear the story told by Mehrdad (Naoto Shibata as a young one, Hassan Shahbazi in his older age) who remembers the Japanese woman and how he learned about grief and loss. It's an incredible mix of media that creates this film, a joy to watch and experience. As I always say, I cannot and will not live these lives, so the chance to do so through film is so important.
If you get the opportunity to see this, take it. It is a special movie.