Still the Water

Still the Water, Futatsume no mado? is a 2014 Japanese romance film directed by Naomi Kawase. It was selected to compete for the Palme dOr in the main competition section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. It has been selected to be screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.

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 itout ofstars and stated, Kawases film is sometimes beautiful and moving but I couldnt help occasionally finding it a little contrived and selfconscious. In Film Business Asia, Derek Elley gave the film a rating ofout of 10, calling it more empty, pretentious ramblings from selfstyled auteur Kawase Naomi.

Source: Wikipedia