Sweet Bean (2015)

Original title

あん

Directed by

Naomi Kawase

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany, France, Japan

Runtime

1h 53m

Rated

AA

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 608 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man who runs a small sweet bean bun shop hires an elderly woman to help him. She teaches him her special recipe for the bean paste filling.

gentleslow-burntendermelancholiccontemplativewarmquietreflective

What happens

Sweet Bean (Japanese: あん, Hepburn: An) is a 2015 Japanese drama film directed by Naomi Kawase. It is the second film, after I Wish, to star real-life grandmother and granddaughter Kirin Kiki and Kyara Uchida. The film was selected to open the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. It was also selected to be screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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