“Our mother is an elite banker and we don’t need any inheritance.” “To capture the father” is the debut of the young, Japanese director Ryoto Nakano, telling about the life of ordinary people in the Japanese outback, with its special flavor. The plot is simple - a single mother raises two daughters, whom her father left in their childhood for another woman. In order to put her daughters on their feet, she does not disdain any work, and put her personal life on the altar of the well-being of her children. And it would be an ordinary story if one day the news came that their father is dying. The mother decides to send her daughters to another village, where he lived recently, in order to say goodbye to him as appropriate, “worthy.” Sending his daughters on the road, the mother asks that they take a picture of his face, capture it. On the way, the girls discuss who their father was and how to lead them when they meet, but it turns out that he has already died, and they are in time for the funeral.
It is impossible to describe all the vicissitudes of this film, it is full of sincerity, hope, light, and, oddly enough, humor.
Humor in this film can be said especially, because for the Russian mind, it would probably not be appropriate in a film of such subjects, but surprisingly, the humor in the film is very organic, light, albeit with a special Japanese flavor. I think the film is suitable for family viewing with a limit of 14+.
Most importantly, this picture, despite its lightness, poses deep philosophical questions about the meaning of life, death, emphasizes and affirms the eternal values of the family, the truthfulness of relationships, loyalty. Personally, I got a great pleasure from watching, and the festival audience also received this film with enthusiasm. This picture from which you do not expect anything special, but in the end it pleasantly surprises, and leaves a deep, bright mark in the soul.