Being Good
Japan / 2015 / 122min
In Japanese with English subtitles
NETPAC Award, Moscow International Film Festival
Best 10 of 2015, Kinema Junpo Awards
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival

A new school teacher is overwhelmed by problems in the classroom, including the realization that one of his students is being abused at home. A single mother who was abused as a child now violently lashes out on her own daughter. A lonely older woman befriends an autistic boy whose mother is constantly apologizing for his existence. Following the critical success of The Light Shines Only There, director Mipo O brings another emotionally incisive, Hokkaido-set ensemble drama about isolation, trauma and what it means to be good.

DIR:
Mipo O
CAST:
Kengo Kora, Machiko Ono, Chizuru Ikewaki, Michie Kita
TIME & VENUE
28/10 9:30PM Broadway Cinematheque
05/11 7:20PM GALA CINEMA
24/11 3:45PM Broadway Cinematheque
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