Event

I WISH SUNDAY SCHMOOZE

Vic Skolnick SUNDAY SCHMOOZE Brunch, Film, and Discussion

Sunday, June 24 Bagel Brunch at 10am Film at 11am
Followed by Discussion with Fred Craden
$10 Members $15 Public

Hirokazu Kore-Eda, the legendary Japanese director of After Life, Stll Walking, Nobody Knows, and Maborosi, crafts a lyrical and impressionistic portrait of childhood in this gentle tale of two brothers who turn to magical thinking in an effort to reunite their parents. Twelve-year-old Koichi lives with his mother and retired grandparents in Kagoshima, in the southern region of Kyushu, Japan. His younger brother Ryunosuke lives with their father in Hakata, northern Kyushu. The brothers have been separated by their parents' divorce and Koichi's only wish is for his family to be reunited. When he learns that a new bullet train line will soon open linking the two towns, he starts to believe that a miracle will take place the moment these new trains first pass each other at top speed. With help from the adults around him, Koichi sets out on a journey with a group of friends, each hoping to witness a miracle that will improve their difficult lives.
(2011, Japan, 128 min., color, 35mm, Japanese with English subtitles