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In Japan’s official submission for this year’s Oscar, a married couple’s comfortable, uneventful domestic life with their adopted young son is upset by the arrival of a woman claiming to be the boy’s birth mother. And she wants him back.
Japan | 2020 | Naomi Kawase
In Japan’s official submission for this year’s Oscar for Best Int’l Feature Film, a married couple’s comfortable, uneventful domestic life with their adopted young son is upset by the arrival of a woman claiming to be the boy’s birth mother. And she wants him back. “Sensitive…Heart-wrenching.” –Variety. Cleveland premiere. Subtitles. 140 min.
True Mothers, a Cinematheque streaming exclusive, can be viewed online from 1/29 thru at least 2/18 via the ... view more »
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True Mothers, a Cinematheque streaming exclusive, can be viewed online from 1/29 thru at least 2/18 via the link below. Doing so supports the Cinematheque. Screening fee is $10, and you have 72 hours to watch it. True Mothers is one of four official submissions for the 2021 Academy Award for Best Int’l Feature Film that we have opened in January courtesy of distributor Film Movement. The other three are Latvia’s Blizzard of Souls (see 1/8), Switzerland’s My Little Sister (see 1/15), and Sudan’s You Will Die at Twenty (see 1/22). A pass to watch all four costs $30.