The Connectivity of Food
ちひろさん Call Me Chihiro 2023
Dir. Imaizumi Rikiya
Within elegant wide shots and soft lighting, family, friends and romance are discovered. A poetic film such as Call me Chihiro follows one central theme, food, to easily connect all meaningful moments of the movie. Where Chihiro, our initially solitary protagonist, meets new people around her new town, their first meeting relies on a meal. Set in a quaint Japanese seaside town, each meal is shot in full splendour to tease the audience with love fuelled dishes. The same dishes the characters will share over deep conversations that bring them closer together, whether that follows the route of family, friends or romance. Chihiro with her impermeable loneliness is the one most challenged by these paths to love; the synonymous reconciliation with tough feelings from the wide range of characters, from young to old, sex worker to bento maker, Chihiro struggles against the true power of connecting over food: finding love.
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If anybody is looking for a movie to watch, I highly recommend this one, it's a masterpiece
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