Friday, July 11, 2025

She Taught Me Serendipity (2025) Japan Cuts 2025

 


Quirky loner decides to make the acquaintance of a fellow college student and this sets in motion a dance between friends

Better to see than read about  film is in many ways more real than most other films. While it could be said  argued that some of the characters are too quirky, the truth is that they are probably more real than most other film characters. I love that the characters don’t speak in perfectly formed conversations. Lines crash, as they do. At other times people give long monologs that reveal what is inside. There is a greater truth in these interactions because it’s more like the way people actually talk.

This is exactly the sort of film that makes Japan Cuts a treasure, small gems that are flying under most people’s radar but which end up being one of the great cinematic experiences of the year.

Highly recommended.

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