A Pale View Of Hills - 2025 - 7/10
AKA - Tôi yama-nami no Hikari // 遠い山なみの光
Etsuko puts the family home up for sale, deeming it is too big for one person.
Daughter Niki shows to help pack. The women have a ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ relationship.
Except Niki is now curious. Why did you leave Nagasaki? What was it like? Why did you move to England?
Narrative shifts between 1950’s occupied Nagasaki and 1980’s England.
Also, Etsuko seems to mix her memories with those of her friend, Sachiko.
Beautiful cinematography, yet the storylines are blurred, resolution vague.
