Absolutely crushing

I loved this movie. I gave it 10 stars. It is clearly not for everyone. First, it's very long and it feels every bit as long as the run time. It's very methodical, taking time for the viewer to understand the time, the setting and the plan. It's almost as if the film was made for foreigners. It's about nothing and about everything. It's one of those life movies, but it could be viewed as a day, a season or a lifetime, but it doesn't matter. It's the effect of relationships on people and in this film, it's the entire being of Oishi. We know early on that she is passionate, but we also realize she's going to live for these kids. What sidetracks us is her injury and it appears that the film will go in a different direction. The film takes a look at a handful of her personal relationships, but what's so telling is how she stays professional, despite it killing her inside. By the end of the film, you believe she has taken on more than anyone can handle, yet it is then, she has to handle even more. The realities of her life work and the realization that life is much harder than we're told, than we expect and than the movies show us. Life is brutal.

I do tend to get emotional during movies, but the finale of this absolutely crushed me. As someone who has worked with kids for roughly the same time period as this movie, I know each and every pain, including the loss. It is a film I will hold in my heart forever.