If you loved La ballade de Tsugaru, try Le Rendez-vous
Un pont entre un film que tu as déjà vu et un que peu de gens ont croisé. Voici ce qu'ils partagent, et ce que le second fait que le premier ne fait pas.
Ce qu'ils partagent
Both films are directed by Kōichi Saitō, and they both carry the bittersweet, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to La ballade de Tsugaru, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Le Rendez-vous is
Here's a film that knows exactly what it is, and no more. A young man and a beautiful woman meet, fall in love, and then part ways, all on a train. It's a credit to the filmmakers that this manages to fill an entire movie.
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