What to expect
Mike Mills combines interviews with children and an intimate family story without turning either into a lesson. The black-and-white image softens chronology while sound preserves the distinct grain of each voice and city.
How to ease in
The conflict is deliberately small-scale. Pay attention to routines of recording, apologising, walking, and returning; trust changes through repetition rather than one revelation.
Heads-up
A quick, non-exhaustive note Includes parental mental illness, family separation, anxiety, and emotionally intense child-care situations.
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I love that the microphone can create attention but cannot guarantee understanding. The film keeps asking for the slower work that begins after someone has spoken.
— Momo
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