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Asia Cine-Club: Departures おくりびと (2008, Japan)🗓 Tuesday, December 8 | ⏰ Doors: 6PM | 🎬 Film: 8PM | 📍 TicTic, Phnom Penh
Daigo (Masahiro Motoki) is a cellist whose orchestra has just disbanded. He and his wife Mika (Ryōko Hirosue) move back to his hometown in Yamagata, and he answers a job ad that turns out to be for preparing the dead for their coffins, a traditional ritual done in front of the family. His boss is Sasaki (Tsutomu Yamazaki). The people around Daigo don't hide what they think of the work.
Yōjō Takita's film won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2009 ceremony, the first Japanese production to win that award. It took 10 Japan Academy Prizes, including Picture of the Year, and was the highest-grossing Japanese film in Japan in 2008. It's about death and it's very funny in places.
"Heart-warming, funny, wise and profound. Not to be missed."
– Philip De Semlyen, Empire
"It functions flawlessly."
– Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
🎟 Free Entry & Popcorn – Arrive early for sofa, bed, or beanbag seating.
📽 IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1069238/
📽 Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/film/departures/
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Event venue
TicTic តិចៗ, Langka Lane (Lane behind Patio Hotel), Boeng Keng Kang Ti Muoy, Chamkarmon, Phnom Penh, Cambodia 120102, Cambodia
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