A mother demands answers from her son's teacher when her son begins acting strangely.A mother demands answers from her son's teacher when her son begins acting strangely.A mother demands answers from her son's teacher when her son begins acting strangely.
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- TriviaKoreeda said that all the characters in the film, to some degree, are imprisoned by invisible walls. "The mother is restricted by social norms, and the teacher is restricted by his manhood, as well as the school system. And the children are living in this world that the adults have created and they are affected by it, in terms of the violence that is perpetrated upon them. Yet they are able to escape it. It's as if the adults have been left behind, and the children have gone ahead and come to their own self-realization. I wanted it to be a positive realization."
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I was lucky to catch this at TIFF, and also lucky to see it with the director in attendance.
I really don't think I can write anything eloquent enough to do justice to this film. The story is deceptively simple, told in an ingenious way, with a multidimensional understanding of each and every character. Every minute is crafted with purpose.
At one point near the ending, there's a moment of dialogue between two specific characters. I'm not going to give any details to avoid spoilers. These characters said some simple lines, but these lines were so devastating and emotionally pure that I can hardly describe it. The screenwriter and director made it all look so simple, yet something like this can't easily be replicated or achieved.
And the ending. I left the theatre thinking one thing, and then with more thought, it hit me like a train hours later.
I don't know when this will come to theatres, but I'll be eagerly awaiting its release.
I really don't think I can write anything eloquent enough to do justice to this film. The story is deceptively simple, told in an ingenious way, with a multidimensional understanding of each and every character. Every minute is crafted with purpose.
At one point near the ending, there's a moment of dialogue between two specific characters. I'm not going to give any details to avoid spoilers. These characters said some simple lines, but these lines were so devastating and emotionally pure that I can hardly describe it. The screenwriter and director made it all look so simple, yet something like this can't easily be replicated or achieved.
And the ending. I left the theatre thinking one thing, and then with more thought, it hit me like a train hours later.
I don't know when this will come to theatres, but I'll be eagerly awaiting its release.
- The_Silent_Lamb
- Sep 17, 2023
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- Also known as
- Quái Vật
- Filming locations
- Kamaguchi Suimon, Nagano, Japan(Sluice Gate)
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $434,585
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $25,603
- Nov 26, 2023
- Gross worldwide
- $20,453,866
- Runtime2 hours 7 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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