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Lying to Mom (2018)

Lying to Mom poster
Original title
鈴木家の嘘
Directed by
Katsumi Nojiri
Genre
drama film
Country
Japan
Runtime
2h 13m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A family deals with grief after a son's suicide attempt leaves him in a coma. His mother and siblings decide to keep the truth from his father by pretending everything is normal.

familialbittersweetmeditativetenderearnestlow-keyemotionaldomestic

What happens

『鈴木家の嘘』(すずきけのうそ)は、2018年11月16日公開の日本映画。監督は野尻克己。 『滝を見にいく』『恋人たち』『東京ウィンドオーケストラ』『心に吹く風』『ピンカートンに会いにいく』に続く、松竹ブロードキャスティングのオリジナル映画プロジェクトの第6弾。 橋口亮輔監督、石井裕也監督、大森立嗣監督らの助監督を務めてきた野尻の劇場映画デビュー作品で、脚本も担当している。 第31回東京国際映画祭日本映画スプラッシュ部門出品作品で、日本映画スプラッシュ作品賞を受賞。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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