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Great movies: Grave of the fireflies ~ Hotaru no haka
This has to be the most emotionally powerful film I've ever watched.
The carpet under which all of us dutifully sweep the sadness of human life lifts in a rare 88 minutes of reflection. The movie is painful to watch, not because it is bad, but because it makes you feel powerless as your emotions get hijacked onto a roller coaster of grief.
You can read more on the movie at Roger Ebert's excellent review here.
A scene from the movie
The carpet under which all of us dutifully sweep the sadness of human life lifts in a rare 88 minutes of reflection. The movie is painful to watch, not because it is bad, but because it makes you feel powerless as your emotions get hijacked onto a roller coaster of grief.
You can read more on the movie at Roger Ebert's excellent review here.
A scene from the movie
i'd second your review