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Heaven Is Still Far Away
JAPAN · 2016

Heaven Is Still Far Away

Ryusuke Hamaguchi
family trauma memory and documentation intimate relationships grief and loss shared history
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Synopsis

Yuzo and Mitsuki live together in Yuzo's small apartment, their constant companionship tender and indifferent in turn. Then Yuzo receives a call from Satsuki, a documentarian resolved to make a film about a now-distant family tragedy, and the three meet, to search for some way to account for their relationship with one another, the memories they share, and those they've kept to themselves.

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