Obāchan's Garden (2003)
- Original title
- Obâchan's Garden
- Directed by
- Linda Ohama
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A filmmaker uses home video of her grandmother's 100th birthday to explore family secrets. She uncovers that her grandmother had two daughters she gave up for adoption before moving to Canada from Japan.
intimatecontemplativepersonalemotionalrevelatorynostalgic
What happens
Obāchan's Garden is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Linda Ohama and released in 2001. Beginning with home video recorded by Ohama of her grandmother Asayo Murakami's 100th birthday, the film centres on Ohama's investigation of family secrets that she never previously knew about, including the two daughters that her grandmother gave up for adoption before emigrating to Canada from her native Japan. The film premiered at the 2001 Montreal World Film Festival. The film received a Genie Award nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 22nd Genie Awards in 2002. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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