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Still the Water
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Wikipedia article
is a 2014 Japanese romance film directed by Naomi Kawase. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.
Kawase has described the film as her "masterpiece", deserving of the Palme d'Or and states: "This is the first time that I have said this about a film. After the Camera d'Or and the Grand Prix, there is nothing I want more than the Palme d'Or. I have my eyes on nothing else."
The film was taken in the scenic nature of Amami City, Amami shima, in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan in 2013. The music was produced by Hasiken, a male singer-songwriter from Chichibu, Saitama.
Cast
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* Nijir Murakami
* Jun Yoshinaga
* Tetta Sugimoto
* Miyuki Matsuda
* Makiko Watanabe
* Jun Murakami
* Hideo Sakaki
* Fujio Tokita
Reception
Reviewing it at Cannes, Nikola Grozdanovic at 'Indiewire' gave it a B+, stating that "'Still The Water' is a spectacle for the senses, which, if there is any justice, will be remembered as one of the greater films of the competition." In 'The Guardian', Peter Bradshaw gave it 3 out of 5 stars and stated, "Kawase's film is sometimes beautiful and moving but I couldn't help occasionally finding it a little contrived and self-conscious." In 'Film Business Asia', Derek Elley gave the film a rating of 2 out of 10, calling it "more empty, pretentious ramblings from self-styled auteur Kawase Naomi".
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