Premiering in Cannes' Un Certain Regard section, Hiroshi Okuyama's latest follows a boy who starts training with a rising skating star and her coach.
, three souls find solace and poignant moments of self-discovery in figure skating. The film chronicles a season of the sport in a small town on a Japanese island, the kind of place whose melting snow and changing leaves inspire poetic musings. Guided by the beauty of the landscape and the nostalgia of childhood, Okuyama constructs a quiet narrative buoyed by an understated charm.
It’s Arakawa who notices Takuya watching Sakura, and takes it upon himself to introduce the young boy to the sport. They start with short lessons after hockey practice, evenings during which Takuya learns how to skate with more ease and precision. As Takuya becomes more skilled, Arakawa encourages Sakura and Takuya to team up and compete as a pair in ice dancing competitions. Sakura initially rebuffs the idea. She is quiet but severe in her pursuit of skating success.
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