AMFF: THE FRIENDS

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What's it about? During their summer vacation, three curious children alleviate their boredom by spying on a lonely and eccentric old man who lives surrounded by a vast garden. But a friendship soon develops between them, which will forever change the children's perspective on life. And also on death.
This one will be for you if... you enjoyed Koreeda and Hamaguchi and want to know more about Japanese cinema.
What should you know? Virtually unknown in the West, "no Japanese filmmaker makes a film without being aware of Shinji Sômai's existence," in the words of Oscar-winning Ryūsuke Hamaguchi.