Three generations of a Japanese family gather for an annual dinner to honor an elder son who drowned while saving a child. Kore-eda Hirokazu’s plotless domestic drama is a painfully empathetic experience that laments how family members cheat themselves out of love and familial bonding by allowing superficial concerns to dominate their relationships. Not rated (suitable for general audiences). 114 minutes. In Japanese with subtitles. (Read more…)
Now playing at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago.