Still the Water | |
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Directed by | Naomi Kawase |
Written by | Naomi Kawase |
Produced by | Rémi Burah Takehiko Aoki Masamichi Sawada Naomi Kawase |
Starring |
Nijirō Murakami Jun Yoshinaga |
Edited by | Tina Baz |
Music by | Hasiken |
Distributed by | Asmik Ace |
Release dates |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Still the Water (2つ目の窓, Futatsume no Mado) is a 2014 Japanese romance film written and directed by Naomi Kawase. It was filmed in the scenic nature of Amami City in Kagoshima Prefecture in 2013. [1] The score was composed by singer-songwriter Hasiken. [2]
Still the Water was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. [3] Describing the film as her "masterpiece", Kawase said it was deserving of the Palme d'Or. "This is the first time that I have said this about a film," the writer-director said, "After the Camera d'Or and the Grand Prix, there is nothing I want more than the Palme d'Or. I have my eyes on nothing else." [4]
Still the Water has an approval rating of 52% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 23 reviews, and an average rating of 5.7/10. [5] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 58 out of 100, based on 9 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [6] Reviewing it at Cannes, Nikola Grozdanovic at Indiewire gave it a B+, stating that "'Still The Water' is a spectacle for the senses, which, if there is any justice, will be remembered as one of the greater films of the competition." [7] In The Guardian, Peter Bradshaw gave it 3 out of 5 stars and stated, "Kawase's film is sometimes beautiful and moving but I couldn't help occasionally finding it a little contrived and self-conscious." [8] In Film Business Asia, Derek Elley gave the film a rating of 2 out of 10, calling it "more empty, pretentious ramblings from self-styled auteur Kawase Naomi". [9]
Still the Water | |
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Directed by | Naomi Kawase |
Written by | Naomi Kawase |
Produced by | Rémi Burah Takehiko Aoki Masamichi Sawada Naomi Kawase |
Starring |
Nijirō Murakami Jun Yoshinaga |
Edited by | Tina Baz |
Music by | Hasiken |
Distributed by | Asmik Ace |
Release dates |
|
Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Still the Water (2つ目の窓, Futatsume no Mado) is a 2014 Japanese romance film written and directed by Naomi Kawase. It was filmed in the scenic nature of Amami City in Kagoshima Prefecture in 2013. [1] The score was composed by singer-songwriter Hasiken. [2]
Still the Water was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. [3] Describing the film as her "masterpiece", Kawase said it was deserving of the Palme d'Or. "This is the first time that I have said this about a film," the writer-director said, "After the Camera d'Or and the Grand Prix, there is nothing I want more than the Palme d'Or. I have my eyes on nothing else." [4]
Still the Water has an approval rating of 52% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 23 reviews, and an average rating of 5.7/10. [5] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 58 out of 100, based on 9 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [6] Reviewing it at Cannes, Nikola Grozdanovic at Indiewire gave it a B+, stating that "'Still The Water' is a spectacle for the senses, which, if there is any justice, will be remembered as one of the greater films of the competition." [7] In The Guardian, Peter Bradshaw gave it 3 out of 5 stars and stated, "Kawase's film is sometimes beautiful and moving but I couldn't help occasionally finding it a little contrived and self-conscious." [8] In Film Business Asia, Derek Elley gave the film a rating of 2 out of 10, calling it "more empty, pretentious ramblings from self-styled auteur Kawase Naomi". [9]