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Still the Water

Futatsume no mado (Still the Water)

2014

Naomi Kawase

Nijiro Murakami, Jun Yoshinaga, Makiko Watanabe, Hideo Sakaki ...

6.6

1,426

Drama On the subtropical Japanese island of Amami, traditions about nature remain eternal. During the full-moon night of traditional dances in August, 16-year-old Kaito discovers a dead body floating in the sea. His girlfriend Kyoko will attempt to help him understand this mysterious discovery. Together, Kaito and Kyoko will learn to become adults by experiencing the interwoven cycles of life, death and love.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"'Still The Water' has an idealism and a tranquillity. Kawase's distinctive serenity and generosity of spirit remain valuable qualities in the cinema. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United States	Clarence Tsui The Hollywood Reporter	"The Japanese helmer's trademark visual splendor is weighed down by a chunky, underdeveloped script (...) Still, the lush rural imagery and cryptic emotions will probably captivate Kawase's international fanbase"	NEU
United States	Nikola Grozdanovic IndieWire	"'Still The Water' is a spectacle for the senses, which, if there is any justice, will be remembered as one of the greater films of the competition."	POS
United States	Matt Zoller Seitz rogerebert.com	" If you're in the right frame of mind, or if you simply like this sort of movie, the rewards are worth it (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Maggie Lee Variety	"A soporific drama devoted to thrashing out the meaning of love, life and death (...) Kawase embraces nature worship and pompous philosophizing in her indulgently mannerist style, which (...) overwhelms a small yet potentially moving story."	NEG

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