True Mothers (2020)

Original title

朝が来る

Directed by

Naomi Kawase

Genre

drama film, mystery film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 20m

Rated

12

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 89 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A boy is raised by adoptive parents who love him deeply. Later, his biological mother reenters his life. The story jumps between the past and present to show how these relationships formed.

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What happens

True Mothers (朝が来る, Asa ga Kuru; "Morning Comes") is a 2020 Japanese drama film directed by Naomi Kawase. Based on a 2015 novel by Mizuki Tsujimura, the film is about a boy, his adoptive parents, and his biological mother, the events of their lives shown jumping between the past and the present. True Mothers was selected to be shown at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival. In June 2020, the Toronto International Film Festival announced that True Mothers would be part of their 2020 festival. It was selected as the Japanese entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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