{"id":2651,"date":"2024-02-04T17:00:03","date_gmt":"2024-02-04T08:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oaff.jp\/?p=2651"},"modified":"2024-02-11T17:23:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T08:23:00","slug":"2024-h04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oaff.jp\/en\/programs\/2024-h04\/","title":{"rendered":"Perfect Nervous"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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OAFF2024 Housen Cultural Foundation-supported program <Grant for Film Study and Production><\/p>\n\n\n

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Perfect Nervous<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Perfect\u30fbNervous<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Ayaka is in hospital and the news is not good: due to arteriosclerosis she will lose her legs. While she still can, she paces the leafy hospital surroundings in search of a suicide spot. She finds the perfect tree, one with a sturdy branch from which to hang herself. Just as she loops a noose around her neck, she is interrupted by a mysterious patient named Yoshino. This slightly macabre girl is also afflicted by a disease, but a fantastical one that will see her turn into a tree. Even though Ayaka is surrounded by death, disease, and defective bodies, Yoshino\u2019s intervention leads her to cling on to life, no matter how absurd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SANO offers a highly engaging film, both visually and aurally, as it presents surreal scenes. Underlying it is a message about adapting to maintain life and appreciating it in its many forms. The plant-based set design, atmospheric lighting, off-kilter framing, dreamy\/ominous piano score, and pitch-perfect performances offer an odd but affecting life-affirming tale. [Jason MAHER]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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