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Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
Why this pick
A tender Japanese portrait of first love and bereavement, balancing intimate everyday moments with a deeply felt sense of absence and remembrance.
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MOVIE2004 1h 59m JPN
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Mio Aio's death leaves her husband Takumi and six-year-old son Yuji to fend for themselves. Takumi is congenitally disorganized, suffers occasional fainting spells, and fears that his health compromised his dead wife's happiness. Yuji overhears relatives speculate that his own difficult delivery compromised Mio's health, and blames himself for his mother's death. Mio had left Yuji a picture book; in the book, Mio departs for a celestial body she calls "the Archive Star" but reappears in Japan during the following year's rainy season; turning the pages, Yuji eagerly awaits her return.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Yuta Hiraoka
Yuji
Suzuki Matsuo
Gérant du Cake Shop
Fumiyo Kohinata
Dr. Noguchi
Kei Tanaka
Karen Miyama
Aya
Yuko Takeuchi
Mio Aio