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Departures

2008 · Drama · Yōjirō Takita · 2h 11m

A cellist whose orchestra folds moves back to his home town and takes a job he did not expect: preparing the dead for their families before burial. Slow and gentle, with a lot of quiet ceremony.

  • Strongly realistic
  • Strongly character-driven
  • Clearly intimate
  • Clearly slow

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    A Korean family move to a patch of Arkansas farmland in the 1980s so the father can grow vegetables to sell, and the grandmother comes over to help. Gentle and slow, seen largely through the youngest boy.

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    • Clearly intimate
    • Clearly slow

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    A radio reporter travelling the country interviewing children ends up looking after his nine-year-old nephew for a while. Black and white, quiet, and mostly the two of them talking.

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    • Strongly intimate
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  • The Farewell

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    2019 · Drama

    A Chinese American writer flies to Changchun for a wedding the family has arranged so everyone can see her grandmother, who has not been told she is ill. Warm, awkward, and mostly meals.

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    • Clearly intimate

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    Describe: The Farewell

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