Sweet Bean (2015)
(An )
Country: JAP/FR/GER
Technical: col/2.35:1 113m
Director: Naomi Kawase
Cast: Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagase, Kyara Uchida
Synopsis:
A former convict runs a dorayaki café for his creditors, and is surprised when a frail old lady applies for the post of helper at his stand. Initially dismissive, however, he relents when he tastes her homemade bean paste, a crucial bitter-sweet ingredient. Henceforth, he is led to reassess his existence against the backdrop of her sacrifice.
Review:
A gentle, slow-moving tale of human exchange, showing that lost souls sometimes find one another in the most unlikely ways. The direction stresses the sacrament of ritualized labour, with short cuts symbolising the 'fast food' culture of our age, and the interplay of the seasons via the overhanging cherry blossoms further underscores the theme of life's inscrutable processes.
(An )
Country: JAP/FR/GER
Technical: col/2.35:1 113m
Director: Naomi Kawase
Cast: Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagase, Kyara Uchida
Synopsis:
A former convict runs a dorayaki café for his creditors, and is surprised when a frail old lady applies for the post of helper at his stand. Initially dismissive, however, he relents when he tastes her homemade bean paste, a crucial bitter-sweet ingredient. Henceforth, he is led to reassess his existence against the backdrop of her sacrifice.
Review:
A gentle, slow-moving tale of human exchange, showing that lost souls sometimes find one another in the most unlikely ways. The direction stresses the sacrament of ritualized labour, with short cuts symbolising the 'fast food' culture of our age, and the interplay of the seasons via the overhanging cherry blossoms further underscores the theme of life's inscrutable processes.
(An )
Country: JAP/FR/GER
Technical: col/2.35:1 113m
Director: Naomi Kawase
Cast: Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagase, Kyara Uchida
Synopsis:
A former convict runs a dorayaki café for his creditors, and is surprised when a frail old lady applies for the post of helper at his stand. Initially dismissive, however, he relents when he tastes her homemade bean paste, a crucial bitter-sweet ingredient. Henceforth, he is led to reassess his existence against the backdrop of her sacrifice.
Review:
A gentle, slow-moving tale of human exchange, showing that lost souls sometimes find one another in the most unlikely ways. The direction stresses the sacrament of ritualized labour, with short cuts symbolising the 'fast food' culture of our age, and the interplay of the seasons via the overhanging cherry blossoms further underscores the theme of life's inscrutable processes.