Innocence and identity at the heart of the moving drama
Saori (Sakura Ando) is very worried. Over the course of several weeks, his young son Minato (Soya Kurokawa) is increasingly strange: he returns from school with injuries, has many strange reactions, seems to be obsessed with morbid thoughts… What could be wrong with him?
For Saori, everything points to Minato’s teacher Mr. Hori (Eita Nagayama) being responsible for her misfortune. But when she confronts him, Saori realizes that the situation is much more complicated than it seems…
The mysterious depths of childhood explored by two geniuses of modern cinema
Like a mystery film, Innocence proliferates suspenseful cues and scenes that help build suffocating suspense and leave the audience in apnoea. This ability to bounce back, always surprise and destabilize is the product of screenwriter Yuji Sakamoto’s work.
After overseeing the writing of several award-winning Japanese series, Sakamoto first collaborated with Hirokazu Kore-eda on Innocence. The joint work that the director always dreamed of: “Although he has been the most prominent author in this profession for a very long timeKoreda explains, He knew how to update his writing style. I have a lot of respect for his willingness to reinvent himself and take on new challenges.“
Because real talent Yuji Sakamoto It is to never succumb to sensationalism or levity. The tension of the script is based on a certain number of twists and turns that never seem vain or artificial.
On the contrary, Korea-eda and question the facts, act as mediators, show points of view and their opposites to truly invest the viewer, who then feels at the center of a social drama that affects all layers of the school microcosm: students, parents, teachers… all questions puts the situation under the sign. To discover the truth and prove their innocence.
A journey that only talent hasHirokazu Kore-eda was able to shoot. Having already been honored at the Cannes Film Festival for Like Father, Like Son, A Family Affair and Les Bonnes Etoiles, this time he managed to renew his style by touching on horror in certain sequences, without. You can also lose what is its greatest strength: the ability to tap into the essence of innocence and touch the heart with love once again.
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Innocence is in theaters today.
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