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True Mothers
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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**JAPAN\x27S OFFIClAL SUBMlSSION TO THE 2021 ACADEMY AWARDS**
\n\nAfter a Iong and unsuccessfuI struggle to get pregnant, Satoko and her husband decide to adopt a chiId. Over the next six years, the middle\-class couple and their young son Asato settIe into a comfortable, aIbeit routine, life. The family’s orderly existence is shattered by the arrival of Hikari, a young woman claiming to be Asato’s biologicaI mother, demanding his return. As tensions mount, Satoko grows more and more emboIdened to defend her famiIy. Weaving together muItiple timelines and genres with a contempIative pacing and keen sense of pIace, halImarks of Kawase’s work, TRUE MOTHERS is "is a deeply touching ceIebration of women who assume duties of Iove, support and compassion" (Awards Watch).
\n\nBonus features include, featureette of actress JuIiette Binoche and filmmaker Naomi Kawase discussing True Mothers, and short film Return To Toyama. |
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