I admire Hirokazu Kore-eda's narrative skills, always embodying the bland details full of warmth.
Setting the story among children makes everything more reasonable, because in this world, probably only children will believe in miracles.
Two brothers who were forced to separate due to the separation of their parents, one has been looking forward to reunion, and the other does not seem to be looking forward to it. But in fact, they all have their own miracles in their hearts. The elder brother believes that the wish made by the meeting of the two lines can be realized. He simply looks forward to the reunion of the family of four, but the younger brother has found a group of friends in the new environment and is full of admiration for the poor father who loves art. It seems that he doesn't mind the separation between his family anymore. But the first tear in the film was brought to me by my brother. A phone call between mom and brother. The younger brother said innocently that the broad beans in him had grown taller again. Mom likes this, so he's going to plant it. What a simple idea, perhaps in the eyes of my younger brother, the meaning of family lies in the heart, not the side. When the little friend asked the younger brother, if the family was always separated, would they forget it, the younger brother was confused for the first time. Maybe in his opinion. Even if they are not by each other's side, family members will always be family members, parents and brothers are still them.
This is what the child thinks. For children, miracles may be expecting a dead puppy to come back to life. In the world of adults, miracles do not exist, or miracles are just the conclusions reached by adults based on rational and objective analysis: this is a miracle, not too much. may happen.
But children believe in miracles because children have more faith than adults.
My favorite part of the film is the close-up of the little objects in the back. It is those ordinary things that make up the ordinary reality, and also make up the miracle in the eyes of children.
At the last moment, my brother gave up making a wish. I think at that moment, my brother was really like my younger brother, and it was not so important to discover miracles. It is better to cherish the present time rather than to make a wish.
The little friends acted so well, Otsuka Ningning's crying scene was so moving, the place to call his son was very real, and then Odagiri made him look handsome.
The music is great, it smells sweet in the afternoon air! It makes people feel that life is in a green space.
It is probably Hirokazu Koreeda's personal style to be able to express the propositional composition in a humanistic way. Not always depressed, not always bright, that is a miracle in the eyes of life and children!
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