Film Details

This five-hour-and-17-minute Japanese movie is one of the most rapturously reviewed films of the past year. Critics have said that it not only justifies its length, but is worth all the time it takes to view it. (We will show the movie in three parts, with a 20-min. intermission between Parts 1 and 2 and a 45-min. dinner break between Parts 2 and 3.) The film follows four Japanese women in their 30s—longtime friends, three of them married—as they grapple with issues of life, love, and trust that are precipitated when one of them reveals she is seeking a divorce from her husband. “Spellbinding…Hamaguchi’s movie foregrounds the quotidian, revealing the latent drama in the most seemingly mundane moments.” –Village Voice. “I suspect we’ll be talking about this one for some time to come—and not because of its length.” –Film Comment. Cleveland premiere. Subtitles. DCP. Part 1, 107 min. Part 2, 96 min. Part 3, 115 min.