Movie

Village of Dreams

1996 · 112 min

A gentle, nostalgic memory piece that drifts between everyday childhood and quiet wonder, asking you to settle into its unhurried rhythm.

Overview: Tells of the childhood of two nine-year-old twins in a rural village in Japan after World War 2. Includes the boys relationships with their schoolteacher mother, civil servant father, elderly landlord, a rough new boy at the school, and three mysterious spirits in the form of old women.
How it feels: Warm, melancholic, whimsical and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Coming-of-age, family, memory, nature
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
family
memory
nature
identity
Places: countryside
small town
school
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none