The Parades (2024)
Genre: Drama
Duration: 132 minuten
Alternative titles: Paredo / パレード
Country:
Japan
Directed by: Michihito Fujii
Stars: Masami Nagasawa, Kentaro Sakaguchi and Ryusei Yokohama
IMDb score:
6,6 (1.059)
Releasedate: 28 February 2024
The Parades plot
Minako wakes up on a rubble-strewn beach. On her way to her son Ryo, she meets young Akira and a former yakuza member named Katsutoshi. She learns that they have died and that they have left the world of the living with unfinished business. Minako is initially unable to accept the new reality, but when she participates in a parade where the dead gather once a month to search for the people they have missed, she begins to touch the hearts of each of them.
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Fisico
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- 10039 messages
- 5398 votes
Beautiful serene film as I like to see from Japan. They make no bones about it and the film immediately indicates what it is about. After an earthquake followed by a tsunami, Minako is left blank. No one sees her, no one hears her. She soon finds out that she has died and that she is not the only one in this situation.
The film has a humanistic moral about purpose in life and recording regrets. Everyone has their own life and story, with things they would (still) have wanted to do or things they would have wished differently. A number of characters are explored further in this way. The main character who searches for her son Ryo. I wonder what you should hope for: do you want to find him dead or alive?
What I found most interesting was the filmmaker's story and the decision to further complete his film. I often have a soft spot for films within a film and that is no different here. Poeticly beautiful at times. Fine!
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Onderhond
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- 87623 messages
- 12891 votes
Fujii feels good at Netflix.
Village was also worth a visit, it is recognizable, but has a number of different touches. The more imaginative design in particular gives the film a slightly different allure, making it slightly easier and more enjoyable cinema. Sometimes on the edge of sentimental, but it never goes too far.
In terms of design, it is of course reminiscent of Koreeda's After Life, but the effect is quite different. While Koreeda mainly makes slow arthouse, this is a much more commercial work. But it is a style that Fujii has mastered and in which he himself knows how to excel.
There is plenty to enjoy visually, especially, but the acting is also good. Although it is a few oversized supporting roles that are most convincing. I thought the soundtrack was the weakest spot, although I still enjoyed this film more than enough.
4.0* and a extensive review
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