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JAPAN · 1980
3000 Leagues in Search of Mother: The Movie
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Synopsis
A young Italian boy named Marco is devastated when his mother must leave home to work in Argentina to pay off the family debt. She sends the family letters, but soon the messages stop coming, which worries Marco and sets him off on an epic quest to find her.
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I love how those anime depicted everyday life. Those works captured the beauty and the hardship of being a child. I want to convey that same sense of wonder and realism in my films.
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mother-son separation · coming of age · immigration and labor · family debt · journey and adventure
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