A Pale View of Hills (2025)
- Original title
- 遠い山なみの光
- Directed by
- Kei Ishikawa
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United Kingdom, Poland, Japan
- Runtime
- 2h 03m
- Rated
- 12A
- Rating
- 7.6 of 10 from 18 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A widow living in England in the 1980s drifts in and out of memories of her life in post-war Japan. The story moves between these two time periods as she recalls the people and events that shaped her.
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What happens
A Pale View of Hills is a 2025 drama film written and directed by Kei Ishikawa, based on the 1982 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro. The plot follows a widow's memories unraveling between Japan in the 1950s and England in the 1980s. It stars Suzu Hirose, Fumi Nikaido, Yō Yoshida and Camilla Aiko. A Pale View of Hills had its world premiere at the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival on 15 May 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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