Mirror of the Bride
Director Yuki Kawamura
Countries France, Japan
Duration 90 min
Synopsis
Through conversations with his uncles and aunts, the director obliquely sketches a portrait of his grandmother as she lives out her final days in a nursing home near Kyoto. Lucid and delicate, Mirror of the Bride explores the ambivalent emotions that circulate between mothers and their children, and the difficulty of acknowledging them while still fulfilling filial duty.
Through conversations with his uncles and aunts, the director obliquely sketches a portrait of his grandmother as she lives out her final days in a nursing home near Kyoto. Lucid and delicate, Mirror of the Bride explores the ambivalent emotions that circulate between mothers and their children, and the difficulty of acknowledging them while still fulfilling filial duty.