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A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

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A Long Goodbye posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

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MOVIE2019 2h 7m JPN

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

A seventy-year-old retired school headmaster informs his wife and daughters that he has Alzheimer's disease. They are all concerned, but react differently due to their individual situations. The family watches as the husband and father regresses due to the disease and loses his memory. Interestingly, there are sparkling moments of his life of which the man will not let go.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Yu Aoi

Yu Aoi

Hannah Grace

Yuito Kamata