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Love Life

Koji Fukada
Filmfestival
Sun 23 Apr 23 - Fri 28 Apr 23
  • Content rating: Caution with children up to 16 years of age

This modern Japanese film is inspired by the eponymous song by Akiko Yano from 1991. The story is about Taeko and her husband Jiro, who are confronted with love and life.

When a married couple loses their son in a tragic accident, both the husband and the wife resort to their former lovers. This film deals with processing an abruptly terminated relationship. With a lot of patience and empathy, the underlying drama is unravelled. Inspired by the eponymous song by Akiko Yano from 1991, ‘Love Life’ introduces us to a domestic idyll, cruelly disrupted by a deceptive nonchalance.

 

‘Love Life’ is not a romantic feelgood film, but a story full of emotion. The music, the cinematography and Fumino Kimura’s strong performance as Taeko do not fail to impress. This film is for viewers with a feel for relationship ordeals. The moralistic ending to the sound of the eponymous song is a bit cliché, but it is only a small stain on this beautiful, modest film.

direction
Koji Fukada
cast
Fumino Kimura, Kento Nagayama, Marika Yamakawa
duration
123 min
year
2022
country
France, Japan
language
Japanese
Subtitles
Dutch, French
  • Content rating: Caution with children up to 16 years of age
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A tragic melodrama about sudden difficulties to go ahead with life.

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