Naomi Kawase's "True Mothers”: Japan’s Superb Entry for the Academy Award
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This review contains plot spoilers At the outset “True Mothers” seems almost a cliché: a happy couple with an adopted child get an unexpected jolt when his desperate birth mother suddenly appears. Fortunately, nothing is as it appears in Naomi Kawase’s masterful film, and the great pleasure of watching is its uncertainty. What begins as the story of a mother, father and five-year-old son keeps shifting, beginning with a red herring and ending on a surprisingly hopeful note.
Naomi Kawase's "True Mothers”: Japan’s Superb Entry for the Academy Award
Naomi Kawase's "True Mothers”: Japan’s Superb…
Naomi Kawase's "True Mothers”: Japan’s Superb Entry for the Academy Award
This review contains plot spoilers At the outset “True Mothers” seems almost a cliché: a happy couple with an adopted child get an unexpected jolt when his desperate birth mother suddenly appears. Fortunately, nothing is as it appears in Naomi Kawase’s masterful film, and the great pleasure of watching is its uncertainty. What begins as the story of a mother, father and five-year-old son keeps shifting, beginning with a red herring and ending on a surprisingly hopeful note.