Still the Water (2014)

Original title

2つ目の窓

Directed by

Naomi Kawase

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

France, Spain, Japan

Runtime

2h 01m

Rated

18

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 107 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenage girl and boy on a remote Japanese island navigate their first love while dealing with a mysterious death in their community. The film intertwines their emerging relationship with the natural rhythms of the sea and forest.

contemplativetendervisually lushslow-burnmelancholicintimatenaturalisticserenepoetic

What happens

Still the Water (2つ目の窓, Futatsume no Mado) is a 2014 Japanese romance film written and directed by Naomi Kawase. It was filmed in the scenic nature of Amami City in Kagoshima Prefecture in 2013. The score was composed by singer-songwriter Hasiken. Still the Water was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. Describing the film as her "masterpiece", Kawase said it was deserving of the Palme d'Or. "This is the first time that I have said this about a film," the writer-director said, "After the Camera d'Or and the Grand Prix, there is nothing I want more than the Palme d'Or. I have my eyes on nothing else." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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