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Great Absence
Dir.: Kei Chikaura | 152 minutes

Great Absence

Japan 2023 | 152 minutes | Japanese | Hebrew subtitles

Takashi and his father Yohji have never been close. Now, as Yohji slowly disconnects from reality due to dementia and his second wife missing, Takashi is brought back to try and discover what happened in his father's life before his memory disappears forever. The fragility of the family unit is a central theme in Japanese cinema and Great Absence deals with it well as it gently moves between conflicting emotions: love, reluctance, anger, and compassion.