Makiko Esumi wants to know why in beautiful MABOROSI
MABOROSI (MABOROSHI NO HIKARI) (Hirokazu Kore-eda, 1995)
IFC Center
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January 21-23, 11:00 am
Series continues through March 27
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After Yumiko’s husband mysteriously commits suicide, she gets remarried and moves to her new husband’s small seaside village home, where she begins to put her life back together. This stunning film is marvelously slow-paced, lingering on characters in the distance, down narrow alleys, across gorgeous horizons, with very little camera movement. The solid cast features Makiko Esumi, Akira Emoto, and the great Tadanobu Asano. MABOROSI is an amazing work from one of the leading members of Japan’s fifth generation, Hirokazu Kore-eda, who has gone on to make such treasures as NOBODY KNOWS and STILL WALKING. MABOROSI is screening at the IFC Center as part of the Weekend Classics series Milestone Films: 20 for 20, celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the distribution company that continues to release and restore beautiful and important works. Upcoming films in the series include E. A. Dupont’s PICCADILLY, John Huston’s LET THERE BE LIGHT, and Manoel de Oliveira’s I’M GOING HOME.