The Mourning Forest
OT: Mogari No Mori
Naomi Kawase // Japan, 2007
Fiction Feature // FF2007
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Story
The ageing widower Shigeki is lovingly cared for by young Machiko, who recently lost her only child. On a trip to the country, Shigeki runs off into the forest to seek his wife’s grave. Machiko follows him and after several days they actually find it. Now Shigeki must write one final letter to his wife. A filmic meditation on love and reverence for life by Caméra d’Or winner Naomi Kawase.
Director
Naomi Kawase, (*1969) was the youngest winner of the Camera d'Or in Cannes for her first feature Suzaku (1997). Ten years later the Japanese director won the Grand Prix in Cannes for The Mourning Forest.Info
Mogari No Mori
Fiction Feature
Japanese
Agenda 07//FF2007
Japan
2007
97 min
OV
Naomi Kawase
Naomi Kawase
Shigeki Uda, Machiko Ono, Makiko Watanabe
Naomi Kawase
Hideyo Nakano
Yuji Oshige, Tina Baz
Masamichi Shigeno
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