If you loved The Friends, try Moving
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Shinji Sōmai, and they both carry the foreign gem, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Friends, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Moving is
_Bicycle Thieves_ without a bicycle. A young teen shunted between her feuding parents finds solace with an eccentric group of adults. The late Sōmai's touch is light, attuned to adolescence.
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