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0.5 mm (2014)
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Original name: 0.5ミリ
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 198 min.
Story:
Sawa Yamagishi worked as a nursing-care helper. The family for an old man asked Sawa to sleep with him, which led her to lose her job. Now, she has nowhere to go. Sawa finds elderly people in trouble and gets involved in their lives. Meeting them, Sawa's own wounds start to heal.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, emotional, melancholic, touching, independent film
Plot:
elderly couple, nurse, loneliness, caregiver, female protagonist, character study, physician, changing lives, relationship problems, elderly, personal growth, isolation, healing, compassion, social realism, slice of life, minimalism, intimacy, redemption, loss, working class, resilience, social issues, bittersweet, poverty ...
Time:
2010s, contemporary
Place:
japan
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