yes, here's another sad movie i finally had the opportunity to watch just recently. "Nobody Knows" (誰も知らない/Dare mo shiranai) is a film by Hirokazu Koreeda based on a true story that happened in Japan during the late 80's dubbed as the "Affair of the four abandoned children of Sugamo". although the movie version paints a less grim depiction of the horrid event, it is still very poignant and and extremely moving. here's the synopsis from IMDB:
"Four siblings live happily with their mother in a small apartment in Tokyo. The children all have different fathers and have never been to school. The very existence of three of them has been hidden from the landlord. One day, the mother leaves behind a little money and a note, charging her oldest boy to look after the others. And so begins the children's odyssey, a journey nobody knows. Though engulfed by the cruel fate of abandonment, the four children do their best to survive in their own little world, devising and following their own set of rules. When they are forced to engage with the world outside their cocooned universe, the fragile balance that has sustained them collapses. Their innocent longing for their mother, their wary fascination toward the outside world, their anxiety over their increasingly desperate situation, their inarticulate cries, their kindness to each other, their determination to survive on wits and courage." (Written by Sujit R. Varma)
although it lost the Palme d'Or to Fahrenheit 9/11 at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, 14 y/o Yuya Yagira - he played the eldest son Akira - won best actor... and most deservedly so.
have you ever been strongly moved lately? i've never cried watching a movie since probably Life is Beautiful or The Passion. it will forever be with me.
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