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‘Caught between her divorcing parents, a little girl is forced to come to terms with her new reality in this touching family drama.

Renko’s parents are splitting up. Her dad, Kenichi, moves out of the family home, leaving her behind with her mother, Nazuna. But Renko refuses to accept these strange new circumstances; her precocious demeanour turns to mischievousness and rebellion as she wades through the stages of grief towards a path of self-discovery and acceptance. In long takes characteristic of Sōmai’s canon, an expressive, energetic Tomoko Tabata shines as Renko, from whose perspective the story is captured. As stunning abstract moments break through the film’s naturalism, magic-realist flourishes emerge as particularly poignant.’ Melbourne International Film Festival

PG | Adult themes