![]() Then, there are tales which show a plan to retreat gone wrong such as the dark, independent film 'Martha, Macy, May, Marlene' (2011) or more well-known 'The Beach' (2000). There is the light-hearted approach of traveling to an 'exotic' land, or lands like in the huge commercial success Eat, Pray, Love (2010). Have you ever wanted to escape the banality of your daily, stressful routine and venture to an unreachable island? It's an almost universal desire – one which has been covered in a few different ways over the years in cinema. I do not think a movie like this could have been successfully done by any other culture. The stark but artistic photography is mesmerizing with the unique blocking of the people and objects in the shots and the magnificent seaside sceneries. The music was beautiful, especially with the cello and the mandolins. They have a sense of serenity so unique to them. ![]() This is what I like about Japanese movies. Maybe these details are not really important at all, as much as what the effect of the place and of Sakura-san on all these other people. The dialogs are thrifty on words, but perhaps pregnant with meaning, I do not really know. Why are they all here? Why do they behave in this strange way? What happened to them before they came here to Hamada? The director and the script do not tell us directly about anything. Will the snooty Taeko also fall under the inexplicable spell of Hamada with its "twilighting", morning exercises at the beach and "the best shaved ice in the world" concocted by Sakura-san? We never really find out anything substantial about any of these characters. The people in this house include the absent-minded proprietor named Yuji, a local biology teacher named Haruna and a mysterious old woman named Sakura. "Megane" (Glasses) is the story of a professor from the city named Taeko, who takes an off-season vacation to a remote seaside rest house called Hamada. Plenty of whimsical offbeat humor to keep us going. Despite its slowness, it is never boring. The film is primarily about the transformation of the young woman as she is drawn into the unhurried atmosphere that permeates the island and Hamada. This is fine for it lends a whiff of mystery, especially regarding the older woman. We don't learn a lot about who these people are. Other characters include an older enigmatic woman that comes to help and a young teacher at a local school. The place is run by a cheery and nononsense man that is also the cook. Hamada is operating but the woman is the only guest. The place, called Hamada, is not easy to find but she does. A woman flies in and walks to a guest house near a beach. White sandy beaches and paradisaical transparent waters. The location is a small island near Okinawa. Impeccably done and acting that is superbly measured. An easygoing film that is as satisfying as a refreshing sea breeze during a summer night at the beach.
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