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Dendera (2011)
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Original name: デンデラ
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Fifty elderly women are abandoned to die on a snow covered mountain, but instead wor together to build their own village named "Dendera." Some of the women wants to live their remaining days in peace, but others seek revenge against the villagers and their own families who left them to die.
Style:
uplifting, sentimental, serious, captivating, realistic
Plot:
survival, human spirit, left to die, escapades, danger, elderly, aging, strong female presence, wilderness, hopes, village, village life, vengeance, forces of nature, mountain, rivalry, social relations, snow, golden years
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
japan
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Story:
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