I Wish
My fifth <PERSON>-eda film. It’s a charming little film told largely from the perspective of the child characters, two brothers who are living in different cities due to their parents’ separation. The eldest wishes desperately that they could all be together again. 352
He and his friends become convinced that if they can journey to the place where two bullet trains pass each other their wishes will come true.
I have come to really love how <PERSON>-eda writes and directs children. There is a naturalness to it. It’s not twee. It seems real and he presents their worries and dreams with a respect that you don’t often see in films.
Well worth watching. 352