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DEPARTURES (2008)
SEE ALSO UNDER ‘RESOURCES’ FOR FILM GROUP COMMENTS It always surprises me how a film is dismissed when people rely on their favourite reviewer’s opinions based on one viewing. Departures won the 2009 Oscar for best foreign film. Few of … Continue reading
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Tagged absent father, corpse, death, death rituals, encoffinment, grandfather, grandmother, grief, Japan, mother, oscars, rebellious youth, unclean
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