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    A Quietude da Água

    Original title: Futatsume no mado
    • 20142014
    • M/14M/14
    • 2h 1min
    IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    2.6K
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    Futatsume no mado (2014)
    Trailer for Still the Water
    Trailer1:36
    1 Video
    49 Photos
    DramaRomance

    On a subtropical island, a teenage couple deal with the interwoven cycle of life, death and love.
    On a subtropical island, a teenage couple deal with the interwoven cycle of life, death and love.
    On a subtropical island, a teenage couple deal with the interwoven cycle of life, death and love.
    On a subtropical island, a teenage couple deal with the interwoven cycle of life, death and love.
    On a subtropical island, a teenage couple deal with the interwoven cycle of life, death and love.

    • Director
      • Naomi Kawase
    • Writer
      • Naomi Kawase(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Nijirô Murakami
      • Junko Abe
      • Miyuki Matsuda
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Naomi Kawase
    • Writer
      • Naomi Kawase(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Nijirô Murakami
      • Junko Abe
      • Miyuki Matsuda
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    • 10User reviews
    • 84Critic reviews
    • 57Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 5 nominations

    Videos1

    Still the Water
    Trailer 1:36
    Still the Water

    Photos49

    Futatsume no mado (2014)
    Futatsume no mado (2014)
    Futatsume no mado (2014)
    Naomi Kawase, Miyuki Matsuda, Jun Murakami, Makiko Watanabe, Junko Abe, and Nijirô Murakami at an event for Futatsume no mado (2014)
    Naomi Kawase, Miyuki Matsuda, Jun Murakami, Makiko Watanabe, Junko Abe, and Nijirô Murakami at an event for Futatsume no mado (2014)
    Miyuki Matsuda at an event for Futatsume no mado (2014)
    Naomi Kawase, Miyuki Matsuda, Jun Murakami, Makiko Watanabe, Junko Abe, and Nijirô Murakami at an event for Futatsume no mado (2014)
    Jun Murakami at an event for Futatsume no mado (2014)
    Serge Tubiana attends the "Futatsume No Mado" premiere during the 67th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 20, 2014 in Cannes, France.
    Wim Wenders at an event for Futatsume no mado (2014)
    Costa-Gavras at an event for Futatsume no mado (2014)
    Willem Dafoe at an event for Futatsume no mado (2014)

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    Nijirô Murakami
    Nijirô Murakami
    • Kaito
    Junko Abe
    Junko Abe
    • Kyôko
    Miyuki Matsuda
    Miyuki Matsuda
    • Isa
    Tetta Sugimoto
    • Tôru
    Makiko Watanabe
    Makiko Watanabe
    • Misaki
    Jun Murakami
    Jun Murakami
    • Atsushi
    Hideo Sakaki
    Sadae Sakae
    Kazurô Maeda
    Mitsuaki Nakano
    Yukiharu Kawabata
    Yukiyo Maeda
    Kinue Yasuda
    Fujio Tokita
    Fujio Tokita
    • Director
      • Naomi Kawase
    • Writer
      • Naomi Kawase(screenplay)
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    On the subtropical Japanese island of Amami, traditions about nature remain eternal. During the full-moon night of traditional dances in August, 16-year-old Kaito discovers a dead body floating in the sea. His girlfriend Kyoko will attempt to help him understand this mysterious discovery. Together, Kaito and Kyoko will learn to become adults by experiencing the interwoven cycles of life, death and love. —Cannes Film Festival
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    • Genres
      • Drama
      • Romance
    • Certificate
      • M/14
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    • Trivia
      After the release of the film, Naomi Kawase dubbed it as her masterpiece.
    • Alternate versions
      The UK release was cut, scenes from the film were originally shown to the BBFC for advice. At which the company were informed that one scene was likely to be in breach of the Cinematograph Films (Animals) Act 1937 and was therefore unlikely to be suitable for classification. When the film was submitted for formal classification, this scene had been cut. This version of the film was consequently classified 15 without further changes.
    • Soundtracks
      Kyoko & Kaito
      Composed by Hashiken

      Piano by David Hadjadj

      Arranged and Performed by David Hadjadj

    User reviews10

    Review
    Top review
    9/10
    A beautiful poem about life, love and death
    No, the last film of Naomi Kawase, internationally known as "Still the water", is not a film reserved to "intellectual people", as I heard recently. If we refer to "Last year at Marienbad" (Resnais-1961) as a film for"intellectual people", we find no common point, except slowness of the rhythm.

    The spectator should only follow the example of the female heroin, Kyoko, who, in one scene at the beginning, dives into the sea with all her clothes (except her shoes), and enjoy this bath, meeting joyfully with the old-fellow fisherman, "PapyTortoise".

    Following her example, we, spectators, should dive into the film, and enjoy the play of sunlight across the branches of the old banyan, just in front of the terrace of Kyoko's house; enjoy the meals lovely prepared by Kyoko's father (so much different from the meals eaten in a restaurant at Tokyo by Kaito, Kyoko's lover, and his father; and completely opposed to the food left by Kaito's mother in the refrigerator); enjoy even the soft departure of Isa, Kyoko's mother, after a long illness, among songs and dances.

    I love so much this warm celebration of la joie de vivre, typically a Japanese one, as, after each disaster, typhoon, earthquake or tsunami, we see Japanese people build again, with a strong faith in life, all that has been destroyed.
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    • jlrousse04
    • Nov 30, 2014

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    • Release date
      • April 23, 2015 (Portugal)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Japan
      • Spain
    • Official sites
      • Official site (France)
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Still the Water
    • Filming locations
      • Amami, Kagoshima, Japan
    • Production companies
      • WOWOW
      • Comme des Cinémas
      • Asmik Ace
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $383,948
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    • Runtime
      • 2h 1min
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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