may seem a paradox: on Christmas day to see a film about death. Yet Departures , the Japanese film, which in 2008 won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Best 'Christmas' I've ever seen, in the sense voucher term. It 's a poetic film, light, disarming in its sensitivity and ease with which it can penetrate into the mind of the beholder, tackling and playing down tones hour comedy hour touching (but not dramatic or blackmail) a difficult subject as precisely , that of ... transition. Yes, because the 'departure' of the title are nothing more than that ... to the afterlife! At the same misunderstanding also falls naively Daigo, a young unemployed musician who returns to his native village to rebuild their lives and seek new employment. The protagonist meets an ambiguous job announcement, believing that he was hired by a travel agency, and instead will understand soon That those '' agency 'is particularly concerned with only ... of the 'last' trip! Daigo finds himself doing the 'Thanatos-aesthetic' , namely the one in the ancient Japanese tradition that has the task of play, heal and restore dignity to the body of the deceased before being cremated.
At the 'News' is obviously shocking, but the pay is good and the effort is not great. So Daigo accepts the job, discovering day after day to have a special talent ... him, shy and sensitive boy, with little confidence in himself (he has given up music career because he was convinced of his mediocrity) will find out through the relationship with the families of deceased and the sacredness of an art as old as the world, the key to its existence. Through a ritual dance (but not morbid) who takes away the clothes and reassembles the body restoring a human face, Daigo finally feels useful and not insignificant, growing belief in its submissions, obtaining any 'experience' an important life lesson. In
Departures there is so much poetry and so much beauty. You breathe the air of a distant land and imaginative, hyper-technical yet very attached to their traditions, their own symbols and places. That may be a good hot tea, peach trees in bloom, a bathhouse frequented by the elders of the village, a full bar left memories ...
And there's so much happiness, despite the theme of 'indecent': that of a boy who can develop and find their inner peace, despite the prejudices of others. And to give the viewer a sense of contentment and comfort.
Sorry if it is little.
RATING: * * * *
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