In this moving, poignant film, a widower and his estranged son travel from Japan to England to fulfill his late wife’s wish of scattering her ashes at a place she loved as a child. Lost and weary, the widower stumbles onto an English farmer’s doorstep, resulting in a heartwarming cross-cultural encounter. Set amidst the contrasting landscapes of Japan and the UK, the film weaves a compelling story about family, death and the memories that bind us. An examination of loss, which captures not just the differences in cultural approaches to death and dying, but the universal nature of grief and our helplessness in grappling with it. Winner Best Debut Feature at the Rome Film Festival
UK 2023 (94 minutes)
Sponsor: Terri Kwiatek