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Vision

2018

Naomi Kawase

Juliette Binoche, Masatoshi Nagase, Takanori Iwata, Kazuko Shirakawa ...

4.7

478

Drama Jeanne, a French journalist, comes to Japan in search of 'Vision', a rare medicinal herb said to strip away all spiritual anguish and weaknesses in human beings. She knows that 'Vision' only appears once every 997 years under special conditions and that time is near. Aki, a wise villager who knows the forest well, prophesies the arrival of the mysterious 'One' and then disappears. Tomo, who was devoted to Aki, works as a keeper of the ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Leslie Felperin The Hollywood Reporter	"Although Binoche and Nagase are compelling and skilled enough performers to command attention (...) the soporific pace and twee quasi-environmentalist (...) will annoy some viewers."	NEU
United States	Guy Lodge Variety	"For nearly an hour, 'Vision' is restfully enrapturing and surprisingly sexy (...) ln its second half (...) its delicate dreamscape collapses a bit. The final result is a mixed hessian bag of Kawase’s best and worst creative impulses"	NEU
United States	Ed Frankl The Film Stage	"'Vision' is full of fine camerawork and lush cinematography, but its failure to connect the spiritual and the intellectual make for a punishingly silly final act."	NEU
	Cristóbal Soage Cineuropa	"At times the film is quite enthralling. Unfortunately, there comes a point where it all gets rather repetitive"	NEU

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