Is quite difficult not to give the maximum rate after seeing this movie. I've just left the theatre a couple of hours ago. I'm in awe with everything.
The beautiful musical score (by Ryuichi Sakamoto, who has passed away the year the movie was released) stays with you and complements every scene.
All the actors are terrific, and a round of applause to the children (god damn, I can only imagine it's not easy to direct children, but they were extraordinary).
The screenplay mindblows you second after second. It goes from a story about justice, inequality, prejudice, and then perspective, rumours, society, standards, interpretations, and then love, human connections, beliefs, coming-of-age, sexuality, and even Japanese society and expectations.
It has all. It's beautiful, painful, hard to watch, but so beautiful.
The beautiful musical score (by Ryuichi Sakamoto, who has passed away the year the movie was released) stays with you and complements every scene.
All the actors are terrific, and a round of applause to the children (god damn, I can only imagine it's not easy to direct children, but they were extraordinary).
The screenplay mindblows you second after second. It goes from a story about justice, inequality, prejudice, and then perspective, rumours, society, standards, interpretations, and then love, human connections, beliefs, coming-of-age, sexuality, and even Japanese society and expectations.
It has all. It's beautiful, painful, hard to watch, but so beautiful.