Season 5: Contemporary Asian Filmmakers

036: Hirokazu Koreeda's The Truth & Season 5 Final Thoughts

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“I’m an actress, I won’t tell the naked truth. It’s far from interesting.”

Andrew and Omaya close out season 5 of the podcast by looking at Hirokazu Koreeda’s latest feature, The Truth. This is Koreeda’s first film that isn’t in Japanese and tells the story of the strained relationship between a famous French actress and her daughter. They also look back at season 5 and reflect on the season as a whole, plus a look ahead at season 6.

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SEASON 5 LINEUP

Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Cemetery of Splendor

Bong Joon-ho
The Host
Snowpiercer

Hirokazu Kore-eda
Shoplifters
The Truth

LINKS

• What Omaya’s Been Watching
  • The Way I See It
  • Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles
• What Andrew’s Been Watching
  • Dick Johnson is Dead
  • The Assistant
  • Watchmen (2019)
• Omaya’s Letteroxd List: Process

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