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An surprisingly good film

posted 15 years ago by displacedbrett
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My initial thoughts when I heard about this movie was that it would be an overly sentimental tear-jerker, but that turned out not to be the case at all. In fact, if there is a knock on this film, it may be that it lacks strong enough conflict to really resonate. However, to me the movie is a lot like the song used in the its trailer, "Layers" by Asobi Seksu - it's beauty comes from its understatement.

Trailer for Treeless Mountain : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoUwUnRuqEA

[–] smidget28 14 years ago

I totally agree about the beauty being in the understatement, but not necessarily about the comment that it does not resonate. For me it was a really affecting film.

Now Playing: Treeless Mountain

[–] lolarites 13 years ago

You should check out Nobody Knows, a Japanese film about four youngsters between the ages of 12 and 5 who were abandoned by their mother in an apartment to fend for themselves. As good as Treeless Mountain was, Nobody Knows was better which was based on a true story.