Permanent Nobara

Original title: Pâmanento Nobara

20102010
1h 40m

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

194

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Comedy Romance

Nobara is a recently divorced single mother approaching thirty who moves back to her hometown with her daughter in tow. She begins reintegrating, revisiting old hang-outs and meeting with ol... Read allNobara is a recently divorced single mother approaching thirty who moves back to her hometown with her daughter in tow. She begins reintegrating, revisiting old hang-outs and meeting with old acquaintances not giving anything a second thought. She even begins a relationship with ... Read allNobara is a recently divorced single mother approaching thirty who moves back to her hometown with her daughter in tow. She begins reintegrating, revisiting old hang-outs and meeting with old acquaintances not giving anything a second thought. She even begins a relationship with the local school teacher. Yet, something if a little odd, a little offbeat, what is it wit... Read all

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

194

YOUR RATING

Director
- Daihachi Yoshida
Writers
- Rieko Saibara(manga)
- Satoko Okudera(screenplay)
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- 1 win

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Yôsuke Eguchi and Miho Kanno in Permanent Nobara (2010)

Miho Kanno, Mari Natsuki, and Eiko Koike in Permanent Nobara (2010)

Mari Natsuki and Eiko Koike in Permanent Nobara (2010)

Miho Kanno and Ryûdô Uzaki in Permanent Nobara (2010)

Chizuru Ikewaki in Permanent Nobara (2010)

Chizuru Ikewaki and Miho Kanno in Permanent Nobara (2010)

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7/10

Exaggerated, then understated, then...ohmygod....

I will tread carefully here, so as not to give anything away.

Naoko has just returned with her young daughter to the village of her birth and childhood, after a (presumably nasty) divorce. She tries to fit in, although it seems that just about everyone in this little burg has one problem or another. Her two friends from childhood, Tomochan and Mitchan, are no exceptions...but something doesn't quite make sense.

She starts, or resumes, a relation with a local high school teacher, which however is conducted in secrecy and shadows, up to a point. Tomochan and Mitchan seem supportive, but again, something is odd here.

Stick with it--with the foul-mouthed middle-aged women who frequent the beauty salon ("Permanent nobara"--the "permanent wild rose" that is a metaphor for Naoko herself), the crazy old man who takes a chainsaw to utility poles, causing frequent power outages, and to many other crazy goings-on besides.

We didn't see it coming. You won't either.

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