The Mourning Forest (2007)

Original title

殯の森

Directed by

Naomi Kawase

Genre

drama film

Country

France, Japan

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

All

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 50 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A grieving nurse works at a nursing home. She forms a bond with an elderly man with dementia who is searching the forest for something tied to his late wife.

melancholicslow-burncontemplativegentlesadintimatequietbittersweet

What happens

The Mourning Forest (殯の森, Mogari no mori) is a 2007 Japanese film directed by Naomi Kawase. It won the Grand Prix at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. It tells the story of a nurse (played by Machiko Ono) who is grieving for her dead child. She works at a nursing home and grows close to an elderly man (Shigeki Uda), suffering from dementia, who is searching in the local forest for something connected to his dead wife that he cannot explain. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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